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beefwood n. 澳洲產紅色堅硬木材 澳洲產紅色堅硬木材 beefwood n 1: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [ synonym: { 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 [ synonym: { scrub beefwood}, { beefwood}, { Stenocarpus salignus}] 5: tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood [ synonym: { 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}. [ 1913 Webster]
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]
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. [ 1913 Webster]
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