thick bark

collocation in English

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thick
adjective
uk
/θɪk/us
/θɪk/
having a large distance between ...
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bark
noun
uk
/bɑːk/us
/bɑːrk/
the hard outer covering of ...
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(Definition ofthickandbarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If trees havethickbarkthey contain more moisture and produce a lot of smoke, which causes discomfort in the house.
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They suggested that this was due to a lack of resting buds or the inability of the buds present to emerge through thethickbark.
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It is protected from smaller fires by itsthickbark.
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They generally do not form readily fossilisable structures such asthickbarkor wood.
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Instead, it is made with the pieces ofthickbarkof about 200 years old red pine trees which are easy to get.
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They generally do not form readily fossilizable structures such asthickbarkor wood.
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It hasthickbark, deeply channeled or furrowed at maturity.
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The longleaf pine is most notable forthickbark, which aids in the resistant to fire and to southern pine beetle outbreaks.
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Douglas-fir has athickbarkwhich protects the inner section of the tree from most fires.
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Cerrado trees have characteristic twisted trunks covered by athickbark, and leaves which are usually broad and rigid.
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This is one of its many adaptations to fire, which also includes athickbarkto protect the sensitive cambium layer from heat.
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Cerrado trees have twisted trunks covered by athickbark, and leaves which are usually broad and rigid.
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This treatment is less invasive to the tree and soil, however if the tree hasthickbarkabsorption is slow and limited.
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Most of these have adapted to the region's harsh dry season and seasonal burning by growingthickbarkand shedding their leaves during this period.
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Epicormic buds under the oftenthickbarkof the trunk and branches are ready to sprout new stems and leaves after a fire.
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The cerrado trees have characteristic twisted trunks covered by athickbark, and leaves which are usually broad and rigid.
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This could possibly be due to the relative immunity from fire that thethickbarkof these species gives them.
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Both forest giants survived the fire, probably due to their size andthickbark.
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Several also developthickbarkthat protects epicormic buds, which resprout from trunks and large branches after fire.
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