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belah

American

[bee-luh] / ˈbi lə /

noun

beefwood.

belah British

/ ˈbiːlɑː /

noun

an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina glauca , yielding a useful timber

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Etymology

Origin of belah

First recorded in 1860–65, belah is from the Wiradjuri word bilārr

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