Lace-bark

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lacebark \lacebark\ n.
     A small tree or shrub ({Hoheria populnea}) of New Zealand
     having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented
     paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
  
     Syn: ribbonwood, houhere, {Hoheria populnea}.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lace-bark \Lace"-bark`\, n. (Bot.)
     A shrub in the West Indies ({Lagetta Iintearia}); -- so
     called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lacebark
       n : small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of
           axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers
           and whose bark is used for cordage [syn: {ribbonwood}, {houhere},
            {Hoheria populnea}]