Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Barky; resembling bark in structure, as the hard pod of Cassia Fistula.
  • Having a cortex; corticate or corticiferous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.

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  • adjective Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.

Etymologies

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Latin corticosus.

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