A unit of surface area equal to 10 ares (that is, 1,000 square metres, 0.10 hectares, or approximately 0.25 acres)
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
Finely striped, often with dark fibers.