desert oak

British  

noun

1. a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack

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Example Sentences

Beyond this we entered timbered country again, the desert oak being quite a desert sign.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

At first we travelled over sandhills, timbered with the fine Casuarina decaisneana, or desert oak; we then met some eucalyptus-trees growing promiscuously on the tops of the sandhills, as well as in the hollows.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

All that day we followed the tracks, over sandhills, samphire-flats, through clumps of desert oak, past dry wells, from sunrise until sunset.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

Even in the Mexican border, desert oak, juniper and manzanita cover the mountains, and there is a vigorous though short-lived growth of grasses and flower from July to October.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

I noticed a considerable change in the country to the East, over which there spread a forest of desert oak, and near the sandhills thickets of ti-tree.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford