ironbark

ironbark
/uy"euhrn bahrk'/, n.
any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
[1905-10; IRON + BARK2]

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  • ironbark — [ī′ərn bärk΄] n. 1. any of several Australian eucalyptus trees (genus Eucalyptus) with hard wood and hard, gray bark 2. the wood of any of these trees …   English World dictionary

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  • ironbark — noun an Australian eucalyptus with thick, solid bark and hard, dense wood. [Eucalyptus paniculata (grey ironbark) and other species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • ironbark — /ˈaɪənbak / (say uyuhnbahk) noun any of a group of species of Eucalyptus, with a characteristic dark deeply fissured bark, as E. paniculata, grey ironbark …  

  • Ironbark tree — Ironbark I ron*bark , Ironbark tree I ron*bark tree (Bot.) The Australian {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; called also {ironwood}. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Ironbark, Queensland — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Ironbark city = Ipswich state = qld caption = lga = City of Ipswich postcode = 4306 pop = 817 (2006) area = dist1 = 51 location1= Brisbane dist2 = 15 location2= Ipswich fedgov = Blair stategov =… …   Wikipedia

  • ironbark tree — noun see ironbark 1 * * * i|ron|bark «Y uhrn BAHRK», noun, or ironbark tree, any eucalyptus tree with a hard, solid bark, valued for its wood …   Useful english dictionary

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