she-oak

noun

any of various Australian trees of the genus CasuarinaSee casuarina

Word Origin

C18 she (in the sense: inferior) + oak

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Examples from the Web for she-oak

Historical Examples

Near the head of the river, on the point, was a plantation of she-oak.
A Source Book Of Australian History
Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne
It was not a cheerful night, for the wind had risen, and was moaning among the she-oak trees like a million lost spirits.
A Crime of the Under-seas
Guy Boothby
The wind whistled dismally through the she-oak trees in the scrub and moaned along the valley.
Sheilah McLeod
Guy Boothby
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.
Over the Sliprails
Henry Lawson
The night wind sighed a soothing lullaby through the spines of the she-oak, and his spirit passed peacefully away with the ebb.
The Book of the Bush
George Dunderdale

she-oak

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for she-oak

Historical Examples

Near the head of the river, on the point, was a plantation of 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.

The wind whistled dismally through the she-oak trees in the scrub and moaned along the valley.

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.

The night wind sighed a soothing lullaby through the spines of the she-oak, and his spirit passed peacefully away with the ebb.