Bark

the protective external layer of tissue on the stems and roots of trees and shrubs; includes all of the living and non-living tissue external to the cambium.

bark

Plants; Plant pathology

All tissues outside the vascular cambium of a woody plant, generally including the cork layers, cork cambium (phellogen), and phloem.

bark

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

A term often used to describe the sound made by a squirrel excited by the presence of a predator or other danger.

barking

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The removal of bark from wood prior to pulping.

aglaonema

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 20 species of usually rhizomatous, evergreen perennials from tropical forest in Asia. The leaf blades are borbe on long, sheathing leaf stalks from a central ...

amorphophallus

Plants; General plants

Genus of 90-100 species of perennials, with corm-like rhizomes, from moist, shaded habitats in tropical Africa and Asia. An unusual, fast growing plant. When the bulb starts to ...

datura

Plants; General plants

Genus of 5 species of evergreen shrubs and trees found in scrub and along streamsides from S. US to South America. Angel's Trumpet is so named because it produces large, ...

adenium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 5 species of perennial succulent from semi-arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula and E. to S.W. Africa. The true species forms a caudex at an early age, tends to ...