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beefwood
[ beef-wood ]
noun
- any of several chiefly Australian trees of the genus Casuarina, having feathery branches that lack true foliage leaves.
- the hard, reddish wood of any of these trees, used for making furniture.
beefwood
/ ˈbiːfˌwʊd /
noun
- any of various trees that produce very hard wood, esp the Australian tree Casuarina equisetifolia , widely planted in warm regions See casuarina
- the wood of any of these trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beefwood1
from the red colour and grain
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Example Sentences
We could, by their tracks, see where they had herded together in fear under a beefwood tree not one hundred yards from us.
From Project Gutenberg
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