lacebark

noun

variants or lacebark tree

1

: a West Indian tree (Lagetta lintearia)

2

: an Australian Kurrajong (Sterculia acerifolia) with interlaced bast fibers

3

: ribbon tree

4

: ribbonwood sense 1

Word History

Etymology

lace entry 1 + bark

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