Lace-bark n. Bot. A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
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  lacebark
       n : small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of
           axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers
           and whose bark is used for cordage [syn: ribbonwood, houhere,
            Hoheria populnea]