lacebark

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lacebark
    n 1: small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of
         axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and
         whose bark is used for cordage [syn: {lacebark},
         {ribbonwood}, {houhere}, {Hoheria populnea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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