beefwood

[ beef-wood ]

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.

Origin of beefwood

1
First recorded in 1750–60; beef + wood1

Words Nearby beefwood

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How to use beefwood in a sentence

  • We could, by their tracks, see where they had herded together in fear under a beefwood tree not one hundred yards from us.

    Spinifex and Sand | David W Carnegie

British Dictionary definitions for beefwood

beefwood

/ (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

Origin of beefwood

1
from the red colour and grain

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