01 a. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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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.
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.