Definitions for: Beefwood


[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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: balata, balata tree, bully tree, Grevillea striata, Manilkara bidentata, scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus

See Also: Australian pine, beefwood, casuarina, Casuarina equisetfolia, genus Casuarina, genus Stenocarpus, gutta balata, silk oak, Stenocarpus, tree, wood

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