Associations to the word «Ironbark»

Wiktionary

IRONBARK, noun. (chiefly AU) Any of several unrelated eucalypts that have dark, deeply furrowed bark. [from 18th c.]
IRONBARK, noun. (chiefly AU) The hard wood of these trees, as used in building and construction. [from 19th c.]

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats