beefwood
1. [ noun ] (botany) tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
Synonyms: Stenocarpus_salignus scrub_beefwood
Related terms: tree Stenocarpus
2. [ noun ] (botany) any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
Related terms: casuarina Australian_pine genus_Casuarina
3. [ noun ] any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
Related terms: wood scrub_beefwood
4. [ noun ] (botany) a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
Synonyms: balata_tree bully_tree Manilkara_bidentata balata
Related terms: tree balata
5. [ noun ] (botany) tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
Synonyms: Grevillea_striata
Related terms: silk_oak