eucalyptus capitellata

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eucalyptus capitellata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stringy \String"y\, a.
     1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous;
        filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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     2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous
        substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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     Stringy bark (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several
        trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as Eucalyptus  amygdalina
        , Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus  capitellata
        , Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus  piperita
        , Eucalyptus pilularis, & Eucalyptus  tetradonta
        ), which have a fibrous bark used by the
        aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
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