Stringy /(?)/

String·y

Stringy

a.
  1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
  2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.

Phrases & Compounds
Stringy bark
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.