in combination (of a tree or woody shrub) having bark of a specified kind.
thick-barked trees that could resist fire
Example sentencesExamples
- Evolution prepared the gray-barked giants to withstand the fast-burning low flames of grass fires.
- All four study areas consisted of remnant eucalyptus forest dominated by rough-barked tree species.
- The scarring susceptibility is high for small, thin-barked trees and for trees that have been previously scarred.
- The pair is partly hidden in a forest of white-barked aspen.
- The thick-skinned, yellow-barked ponderosa pines are known as "yellowbellies."