casuarina

British  

/ ˌkæsjʊəˈriːnə /

noun

1. any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae See also beefwood she-oak

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Etymology

Origin of casuarina

C19: from New Latin, from Malay kěsuari _cassowary , referring to the resemblance of the branches to the feathers of the cassowary

Example Sentences

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casuarina

I rolled past casuarina pines, coco plum bushes, limestone sea cliffs and Preacher’s Cave, where the island’s first settlers, English Puritans, gave sermons.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2013

Here, jagged chunks of the old aquifer are thrown up on the banks and casuarina juxtaposes with native pine and palmetto.

From Time Magazine Archive

The casuarina grew also near the sandy beach but it seemed to prefer the exposed parts near the extremities of the sandy projections of the land where no other tree would grow.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker

For instance, they form the most durable furniture and weapons from the casuarina or club tree; they make cloth from the finest bark of the paper-mulberry tree, and cord from a peculiar kind of flax.

From The World's Fair by Anonymous

Amongst them were some clubs, most of them made of casuarina wood, skilfully carved, or embossed in an artistic manner with mother-of-pearl or with whalebone.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.