A tree (Drimys winteri) native to Chile and Argentina, grown as an ornamental plant for its reddish-brown bark, bright green, fragrant leaves and clusters of creamy white, jasmine-scented flowers.

To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark, phloem, and cambium.

The bark removed by ring-barking / The area of the tree from which the bark has been removed by ring-barking

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ring-bark

simple past tense and past participle of ring-bark

(obsolete, medicine) To administer quinine.

present participle of throw in the bark

Any of various beetles, of the subfamily Scolytinae, many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees

(obsolete, medicine) Any of various decoctions of bark used as various remedies / Any of various preparations of the bark of various trees, used as a growing medium for orchids etc.

(now chiefly historical) Cinchona bark, chiefly as used in medicine.