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

It was not a cheerful night, for the wind had risen, and was moaning among the she-oak trees like a million lost spirits.

From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell

Here and there stood a solitary she-oak, most doleful of trees, its scraggy, pine-needle foliage bleached to grey.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

"Well, young people, what luck?" said the burly mine-owner, as with his hands on his hips, he leant against a she-oak.

From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis

"It is Mamma's favourite spot, and we often have picnics here," said Prue, hanging her sun-bonnet on a branch of she-oak that spread above them.

From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller

It's the second big paddock from here, if you follow the belt of the she-oak trees over there.

From Dot and the Kangaroo by Pedley, Ethel C.