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beefwood

beef·wood

uncommon

noun

1.
2.

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

3.

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

4.

tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood

Synonyms
5.

Origin

From beef + wood.

Phrases

  • Killarney beefwood
  • narrow-leaved beefwood
  • scrub beefwood
  • western beefwood
  • white beefwood

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