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(Latin: bark, rind; literally, that which is "stripped off"; used in its extended senses, chief among these being "pertaining to the outer layer of a bodily organ, especially the brain")
(Greek: cork, bark; cork tree; inner bark of trees)
(Latin: book; originally, the "inner bark of a tree", whence "the text written on this", "collection of leaves for writing", and finally "book")
(Latin: oak; used to designate any of a variety of chemical substances derived from oak bark or acorns)
Word Entries containing the term: “bark
corticole (verb), corticoles; corticoled; corticoling: tree bark
Growing on bark.
quercus, white oak bark
The dried inner bark of Quercus alba, white oak.

It contains tannic acid, pectin, and resin, and it is used as an astringent.

This entry is located in the following unit: querc-, querci- + (page 1)