shellbark

noun (1)

variants: or shellbark hickory

Definition of shellbark

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : shagbark hickory

2 : big shellbark

shell bark

noun (2)

Definition of shell bark (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : a disease of lemon trees caused by a fungus (Phomopsis californica) and characterized by scaling or sloughing of the bark

— called also decorticosis

— see dry bark

2 : rhytidome