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

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

Here we saw the first desert oak, standing solitary sentinel on the crest of a ridge.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

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

It is a species of casuarina, of the same family but distinct from the beautiful desert oak.

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