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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