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paperbark
[ pey-per-bahrk ]
/ ˈpeɪ pərˌbɑrk /
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Words nearby paperbark
Papeete, papelera, Papen, paper, paperback, paperbark, paperbark maple, paper birch, paperboard, paperboy, paper chase
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How to use paperbark in a sentence
Over in Australia, Luke Jeffery, a biogeochemist postdoctoral researcher at the Southern Cross University, found an abundance of bacteria living in the barks of paperbark trees that were essentially eating up the trees’ methane.
Trees in the wetlands emit more methane than researchers thought|Nikita Amir|December 9, 2021|Popular-Science
British Dictionary definitions for paperbark
paperbark
/ (ˈpeɪpəˌbɑːk) /
noun
any of several Australian myrtaceous trees of the genus Melaleuca, esp M. quinquenervia, of swampy regions, having spear-shaped leaves and papery bark that can be peeled off in thin layers
the papery bark of any of these trees
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