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Definition of Flindersia australis
1. Noun. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flindersia Australis
Literary usage of Flindersia australis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"Flindersia australis, sometimes called Ash,f is a hard, close, and very durable
timber, well known, but so difficult to saw that it is neglected ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1815)
"It is not easy to conceive, Mr. Brown adds, any other mode of exposing the stigmata
to the influence of the anthers. Flindersia australis, so named in ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... called also Black Sassafras, White Laurel, She Beech, and Black Beech. (i)
Simply to Flindersia australis, R. Br., ..."
4. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"1, Case 99.) Like the last-named species the wood is soft and of little value.
No. 59. Flindersia australis, 11. ..."
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