she-oak

British  

noun

1. any of various Australian trees of the genus Casuarina See casuarina

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Etymology

Origin of she-oak

C18 she (in the sense: inferior) + _oak

Example Sentences

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she-oak

They jumped up and climbed the bank, while I perched on the she-oak roots over the water to be out of sight as they passed.

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

The rough bark of the she-oak and its soft sappy wood .

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

The she-oak trees, of which there are large quantities in the sandy soil of the salt-bush country, proved very serviceable during the late drought.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

I watched him depart until the clacking of his horse's hoofs grew faint on the stony hillside and his form disappeared amid the she-oak scrub which crowned the ridge to the westward.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles

I recrossed Batman's Creek, and travelled over thinly-timbered country of box, gum, wattle, and she-oak, with grass three of four feet high.

From A Source Book of Australian History by Swinburne, Gwendolen H.