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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stringy \String"y\, a.
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.
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{Stringy bark} (Bot.), 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.
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