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ring-bark en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The bark removed by ring-barking.
2. (uncountable) The area of the tree from which the bark has been removed by ring-barking.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ring bark		alternative	lexicographic
ringbark		alternative	lexicographic

ring-bark en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark, phloem, and cambium.
   • Six or eight inches above this graft the stem should be ring-barked, but leaves above the ring-bark left for shade for two or three weeks […]. 2007, Niya Gopal Mukerji, Handbook of Indian Agriculture, page 389:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ring-barked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ring-barked	Tense=Past		lexicographic
ringbark		alternative	lexicographic
ring bark		alternative	lexicographic
ring-barks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
ring-barking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic