Meaning of BEEFWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'beef`wûd
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- [n] tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
- [n] tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
- [n] any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
- [n] any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
- [n] a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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| | Synonyms: | | balata, balata tree, bully tree, Grevillea striata, Manilkara bidentata, scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus |
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| | See Also: | | Australian pine, beefwood, casuarina, Casuarina equisetfolia, genus Casuarina, genus Stenocarpus, gutta balata, silk oak, Stenocarpus, tree, wood | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Beef"wood`\, n.
An Australian tree ({Casuarina}), and its red wood, used for
cabinetwork; also, the trees {Stenocarpus salignus} of New
South Wales, and {Banksia compar} of Queensland.
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