stenocarpus salignus

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stenocarpus salignus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

stenocarpus salignus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Stenocarpus salignus
      n 1: tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant
           creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood [syn:
           scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus]