beefwood
English
A
beefwood
(sense 1), specifically
Casuarina equisetifolia
Etymology
beef
+
wood
.
Noun
beefwood
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
beefwoods
)
Any of the Australian
trees
, of at least three different
orders
of plants, having
timber
resembling raw
beef
.
(
uncountable
)
Timber of those trees.
Synonyms
belah
Hyponyms
(
beefwood tree
)
:
Barringtonia calyptrata
,
Barringtonia racemosa
,
Bischofia javanica
(
bishop wood
),
Grevillea parallela
,
Grevillea striata
,
Orites excelsa
,
Stenocarpus salignus
,
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Derived terms
cornbeefwood
(
Barringtonia calyptrata
,
Barringtonia racemosa
)
narrow-leaved beefwood
(
Grevillea parallela
)
western beefwood
(
Grevillea striata
)
white beefwood
(
Orites excelsa
,
Stenocarpus sinuatus
)
Killarney beefwood
(
Stenocarpus salignus
)
scrub beefwood
(
Stenocarpus salignus
)
References
beefwood
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
“
beefwood
”, in
OneLook Dictionary Search
.
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