jarrah

American  

[jar-uh] / ˈdʒær ə /

noun

1. a hardwood tree, Eucalyptus marginata, of western Australia.

2. the heavy, often attractively grained wood of this tree.

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jarrah British  

/ ˈdʒærə /

noun

1. a widely planted Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus marginata, that yields a valuable timber

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Etymology

Origin of jarrah

First recorded in 1865–70, jarrah is from the Nyungar word jaril

Example Sentences

It was refloored with salvaged jarrah, a Western Australian timber, and now serves as the pair’s living area.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023

And as Australia's forests dry out, alpine ash, snowgum woodlands and northern jarrah forests would then largely collapse.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2022

Many types of wood are used in hardwood flooring, Clarke tells us, like oak, maple, cherry, bamboo, walnut, ash, and mahogany and exotic species like teak, jarrah, and mesquite.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2022

We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.

From The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The tree is a rapid grower, and becomes marketable in 30 or 40 years, against 50 years for jarrah.

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