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Webster 1913 Edition
Casuarina
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Casˊu-a-ri′na
,Noun.
[NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus .]
Casuarius
(Bot.)
A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called
beefwood
from its color.