English

Noun

blackbutt ‎(plural blackbutts)

1. (chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, having dark fibrous bark.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 175:

     I cut new timber with my saw and inhaled the sweet sour smell of blackbutt.