lacebark \lacebark\ n. A small tree or shrub ({Hoheria populnea}) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage. Syn: ribbonwood, houhere, {Hoheria populnea}. [WordNet 1.5]
Lace-bark \Lace"-bark`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub in the West Indies ({Lagetta Iintearia}); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark. [1913 Webster]