Defenition of the word beefwood
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Defenition of the word beefwood
- a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
- any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
- any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
- tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
- tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
- a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
Synonyms for the word beefwood
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- balata
- balata tree
- bully tree
- Grevillea striata
- Manilkara bidentata
- scrub beefwood
- Stenocarpus salignus
Meronymys for the word beefwood
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- balata
- beefwood
- genus Casuarina
- genus Stenocarpus
- gutta balata
- Stenocarpus
Hyponyms for the word beefwood
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- Australian pine
- Casuarina equisetfolia
Hypernyms for the word beefwood
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- casuarina
- silk oak
- tree
- wood
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