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

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Example Sentences

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she-oak

She believes the coloring helps them camouflage among she-oak flowers, with which they are closely associated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Grassy plains are an unusual sight in Santo; the wide expanse of yellowish green is surrounded by dark walls of she-oak, in the branches of which hang thousands of flying-foxes.

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser

The trees in general were the tall she-oak so common in the neighbourhood of Sydney.*

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Ida Lee

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 Miles Franklin

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 Guy Newell Boothby

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