GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Stringy (?), 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, and Eucalyptus tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
   
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