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ninebark

ninebark noun: any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.

ninebark: any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus
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Noun

ninebark (plural ninebarks)

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.

Forms of ninebark

pluralninebarks

Origin of ninebark

From nine + bark, because the bark separates into many thin layers.

Questions about ninebark

What does ninebark mean?
Ninebark means any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.
What part of speech is ninebark?
Ninebark is a noun.
What is the plural of ninebark?
The plural of ninebark is ninebarks.

Words near ninebark in the dictionary

  1. nine-to-fiver
  2. nine-to-fivers
  3. nine-to-fives
  4. nine-to-fiving
  5. Ninebanks
  6. ninebark
  7. ninebarks
  8. ninefold
  9. ninefoldness
  10. nineholes
  11. ninein

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