(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.

(植物学)树皮组织外部的；由死细胞组成的保护层。

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They navigated another of the winding alleyways, bordered by more melancholy houses, the stones the color of dead wood stripped of bark.

他们驶过另一个多风的小巷，被更多忧郁的房子间隔着，那石头就像是被剥皮了的死木头。

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Factors involved in the model are: tree height. diameter at breast height. bark thickness at breast height. height of first dead branch and height of blackened trunk.

判别因子分别是：个体的树高、胸径、胸高处皮厚、第一枯枝高和树干熏黑高度。

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Within a few hours, he forgot that he had given the order, and in a few dozen years he in turn was forgotten, but these trees still stood, enormous now, some of them dead and looming without bark, white and leafless.

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