beefwood
n . 澳洲产红色坚硬木材
澳洲产红色坚硬木材
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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