The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stringy \String"y\, a.
   1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous;
      filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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   2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous
      substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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   Stringy bark (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several
      trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as Eucalyptus
      amygdalina, Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus
      capitellata, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus
      piperita, Eucalyptus pilularis, & Eucalyptus
      tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the
      aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
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