Stenocarpus salignus n 1: tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood [syn: {scrub beefwood}, {beefwood}, {Stenocarpus salignus}]
Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n. 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. [1913 Webster]