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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Abounding in
bark ; resembling bark;barky .
Etymologies
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Latin corticosus.
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In those taking corticose steroid drugs and in kidney, heart and lung transplant recipients -- Kyra.
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