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bitter barks

bitter barks is the plural of bitter bark.

Meaning of bitter bark

Noun

bitter bark (plural bitter barks)

  1. A quinine bush (Alstonia constricta) of New South Wales and Queensland.
    • The mine man looked about, as if he could envisage no possibility of action among the wiregrass and shrubby bitter barks that surrounded them.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 40
  2. A coast bersama (Bersama tysoniana), of Australia.
  3. A long-leaved bitter bark (Petalostigma triloculare), of Australia.
  4. A native quince (Petalostigma quadriloculare), of Australia.
  5. An eastern gondola bush (Tabernaemontana orientalis), of northern Australia and Malesia.
  6. A Georgia bark, fever tree (Pinckneya pubens), of southeastern US.

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What is bitter barks the plural of?
Bitter barks is the plural of bitter bark.

Words near bitter barks in the dictionary

  1. bitter almond
  2. bitter almonds
  3. bitter apple
  4. bitter apples
  5. bitter bark
  6. bitter barks
  7. bitter bean
  8. bitter beans
  9. bitter bolete
  10. bitter boletes
  11. bitter buchu

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