beefwood

beef·wood

B0155700 (bēf′wo͝od′)n. Any of various Australian trees or shrubs having dense red timber, including several casuarinas.

beefwood

(ˈbiːfˌwʊd) n1. (Plants) any of various trees that produce very hard wood, esp the Australian tree Casuarina equisetifolia, widely planted in warm regions. See casuarina2. (Plants) the wood of any of these trees[from the red colour and grain]

beef•wood

(ˈbifˌwʊd)

n. 1. any of several chiefly Australian trees of the genus Casuarina, having feathery branches that lack true foliage leaves. 2. the hard, reddish wood of any of these trees, used for making furniture. [1830–40; so called from its beeflike color]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beefwood - a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timberbalata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata, balatabalata, gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf ballstree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	beefwood - any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetworkGrevillea striata, beefwood - tree yielding hard heavy reddish woodscrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus, beefwood - tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish woodbeefwood - any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetworkwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	3.	beefwood - any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetworkgenus Casuarina - genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinalescasuarina - any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwoodAustralian pine, Casuarina equisetfolia - common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red woodbeefwood - any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
	4.	beefwood - tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish woodscrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignusgenus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus - small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysiabeefwood - any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetworktree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	5.	beefwood - tree yielding hard heavy reddish woodGrevillea striatasilk oak - any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneeringbeefwood - any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork