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Webster 1913 Edition
Beefwood
Beef′woodˊ
,Noun.
An Australian tree (
Casuarina
), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus
of New South Wales, and Banksia compar
of Queensland. Definition 2024
beefwood
beefwood
English
Noun
beefwood (plural beefwoods)
- Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef
- (uncountable) The timber of those trees.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (beefwood tree): Barringtonia calyptrata, Barringtonia racemosa, Bischofia javanica (bishop wood), Grevillea parallela, Grevillea striata, Orites excelsa, Stenocarpus salignus, Stenocarpus sinuatus