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Definition of Beefwood
1. Noun. A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber.
Exact synonyms: Balata, Balata Tree, Bully Tree, Manilkara Bidentata
Terms within: Balata, Gutta Balata
Generic synonyms: Tree
Terms within: Balata, Gutta Balata
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork.
3. Noun. Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork.
Group relationships: Genus Casuarina
Generic synonyms: Casuarina
Specialized synonyms: Australian Pine, Casuarina Equisetfolia
Generic synonyms: Casuarina
Specialized synonyms: Australian Pine, Casuarina Equisetfolia
4. Noun. Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood.
Exact synonyms: Scrub Beefwood, Stenocarpus Salignus
Group relationships: Genus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Genus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus
Generic synonyms: Tree
5. Noun. Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood.
Definition of Beefwood
1. 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.
Definition of Beefwood
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Beefwood
1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)