ninebark

[nahyn-bahrk]

noun

1. any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ninebark¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; nine + bark ²

Example Sentences

If you can’t resist the urge to grab your pruning shears and beautify some trees and shrubs, work with plants that are very cold-hardy and subject to few diseases - ornamentals such as spirea, snowberry, sumacs, and ninebark, and fruits such as gooseberries and currants.

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Ninebark, with its rich fall tones, went in the other vase, along with the silver-gray foliage of protea lanceolate and its russet seed heads.

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Ninebark, which Bobby had picked, was even less: 70 cents per pound.

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Some of Prinzing’s favorites include lady’s mantle, hosta, lamb’s ears, purple basil, scented geranium foliage, heuchera and ninebark.

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Soft swales of sedges and a thickening tangle of twinberry and ninebark thrive under a canopy of willow and poplar.

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