different between eucalyptus vs stringybark

English

Etymology

From French eucalyptus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?pt?s
• IPA^(key): /?ju?k??l?pt?s/

Noun

eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)

1. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

   Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt

   Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box

2. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.

Hyponyms

• (tree): box, gimlet

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek ?? (eû, “well”) + ???????? (kaluptós, “covered”), from ??????? (kalúpt?, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.ka.lip.tys/
• Hyphenation: eu?ca?lyp?tus

Noun

eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)

1. eucalyptus

Descendants

• ? English: eucalyptus

Further reading

• “eucalyptus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

stringy +? bark

Noun

stringybark (plural stringybarks)

1. Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
   • 1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics 2018, p. 54:

     Two of the younger men carried him there on a stretcher of stringybark.

Derived terms

References

• stringybark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eucalyptus cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies