Casuarina

[,kæʒuә'ri:nә]

Definition

(noun.) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. a genus of Australian trees having thread-like jointed pendent branches with small toothed sheaths at the joints like the horse-tails—the Swamp-oak and She-oak belong to it and its wood is the well-known Beef-wood.

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