shellbark

1 of 2

noun (1)

variants or shellbark hickory

1

: shagbark hickory

2

: big shellbark

shell bark

2 of 2

noun (2)

1

: a disease of lemon trees caused by a fungus (Phomopsis californica) and characterized by scaling or sloughing of the bark

called also decorticosis

see dry bark

2

: rhytidome

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