beefwood

English

A beefwood (sense 1), specifically Casuarina equisetifolia

Etymology

beef +‎ wood

Noun

beefwood (countable and uncountable, plural beefwoods)

Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef
(uncountable) The 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

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