beefwoodEnglish

beefwood, Grevillea striata, Manilkara bidentata, Stenocarpus salignus, balata

Noun

Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood

English: beefwood, Grevillea striata

Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers, yields hard heavy reddish wood

English: scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus

A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

English: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata

2 more noun senses

Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae, some used for cabinetwork

English: beefwood

Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork

English: beefwood

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