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

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 Speiser, Felix

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

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

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

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.