Etymograph

English

stringybark

From stringy + bark.

A compound of stringy + bark

Proto-West Germanic *berkan ‘to bark’

Old English beorcan ‘to bark’

Middle English barken

English bark

Today it means

noun Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / stringybark