beefwood

American  

[beef-wood] / ˈbifˌwʊd /

noun

1. any of several chiefly Australian trees of the genus Casuarina, having feathery branches that lack true foliage leaves.

2. the hard, reddish wood of any of these trees, used for making furniture.

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beefwood British  

/ ˈbiːfˌwʊd /

noun

1. any of various trees that produce very hard wood, esp the Australian tree Casuarina equisetifolia , widely planted in warm regions See casuarina

2. the wood of any of these trees

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Etymology

Origin of beefwood

First recorded in 1750–60; beef + wood ¹

Example Sentences

It is about six feet long, great lumps of beefwood gum making knobs on it at intervals; between each knob it is painted.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)

They translated themselves on beefwood trees into the sky, and there they are still.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)

The gum they used for sticking the kangaroo's teeth was that of the Mubboo, or beefwood tree.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)

Besides those gums, another Australasian tree, the thin-foliaged and unlovely, but quick-growing "beefwood," has been largely planted at Kimberley and some other places.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

He cut a piece of mubboo, or beefwood, and shaped it; he tied a piece of string to a hole in one end; he hung it up in the big Coolabah tree.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)