beefwood
n 1: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red
timber [syn: {balata}, {balata tree}, {beefwood}, {bully
tree}, {Manilkara bidentata}]
2: any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of
the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for
cabinetwork
3: any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
4: 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}]
5: tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood [syn: {beefwood},
{Grevillea striata}]
Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree
({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also
called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}.
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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.
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Casuarina \Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [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.
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