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Beefwood

noun

A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber. Synonyms: balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata.

Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork.

Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork.

Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood. Synonyms: scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus.

Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood. Synonym: Grevillea striata.

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... the tall she-oak so common in the neighbourhood of Sydney.* (* Casuarina suberosa, commonly known as Beefwood.) Grant returned to the beach and went on board to dinner. In the afternoon he again made a party for the shore, consisting of Mr. Barrallier, Mr. Caley, botanist, and two soldiers. They entered the woods at the same place as before, intending to make a circuit back to the ...

— The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson - With The Journal Of Her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N • Ida Lee

Words linked to "Beefwood" : tree, genus Stenocarpus, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata, casuarina, silk oak, Casuarina equisetfolia, gutta balata, Stenocarpus, genus Casuarina, Australian pine, balata tree, wood