bark

bark

1. a protective layer of dead corky cells on the outside of the stems of woody plants

2. an informal name for cinchona

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bark

[bärk]

(botany)

The tissues external to the cambium in a stem or root.

(metallurgy)

The decarburized layer formed beneath the scale on the surface of steel heated in air.

(naval architecture)

A three-masted sailing ship whose foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and whose mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged.

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bark

The protective outer layer of a tree, composed of inner, conductive cells and outer corklike tissue.

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