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Tree's outer covering
Answer for the clue "Tree's outer covering ", 4 letters:
bark
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bark \Bark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking .] To strip the bark from; to peel. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. To girdle. See Girdle , v. t., 3. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with ...
Usage examples of bark.
The root when incised secretes from its wounded bark a yellow juice of a narcotic odour and acrid taste.
But the balloon continued rapidly on its downward course, and, answering the barks with consoling words, the aeronaut hurried to the earth.
Another two strides, and he almost tripped over Issgrillikk - his agemate, friend, and foster-cousin - twisted around himself in pain at the base of one of the Great Trees, his claws gouging up the rough, grey-brown bark and tearing long white streaks into the inner wood.
Issgrillikk - his agemate, friend, and foster-cousin - twisted around himself in pain at the base of one of the Great Trees, his claws gouging up the rough, grey-brown bark and tearing long white streaks into the inner wood.
Kumul barked, then glanced anxiously at Ager, guilty about raising his voice.
Belial introduced Magariz to Azhure, then all were interrupted by the sound of barking, and they turned to watch the Alaunt hounds pacing solemnly across the bridge.
Stepping in, Alec barked his shin against a stone basilisk beside the door.
This was placed on the ground and held firmly, while one or two more stood round ready to aliment the flame, when kindled, with dry leaves and bark, scraped into very thin shavings.
Its verdure was a bright purple instead of the by now familiar gray or green, its amethystine bark electric against the background of its duller companions.
When the bark of the main stems is wounded, a gum will exude, and may be collected: it possesses astringent and mildly aperient properties.
The bark is mildly aperient and causes no nausea, whilst at the same time stimulating the liver somewhat freely.
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen.
The forest was dominated by plants that could extract moisture from the air: Lichen coated the gnarled bark of the araucaria trees, and even the low magnolia shrubs dripped with moss.
Once Sweetie grew tired of barking at the armadillo, she followed me up the front steps and to the door.
When Anne spoke, he brought a thigh of the bandicoot to the door of her gunya, and laid it on a fresh bit of bark which served her as a plate.