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Found 4 hits - Term: beefwood, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster
see also:
pisonia obtusata pigeon wood beefwood corkwood 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
casuarina stenocarpus salignus banksia compar 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
casuarina \cas`uari"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.
   1913 webster
see also:
casuarius beefwood 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
beefwood
     n 1: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy
          red timber syn: balata, balata tree, 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, stenocarpus salignus
     5: tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood syn: grevillea
        striata
see also:
balata balata tree bully tree manilkara bidentata scrub beefwood stenocarpus salignus 
grevillea striata 

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