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Definition of Flindosa
1. Noun. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flindosa
Literary usage of Flindosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... is a very similar wood, as also is C. grandiflora Sprague, of Uganda. Crow's Ash.
See flindosa. Crow's-foot Elm. See Silver-tree. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The fibre is strong, and of a silky texture. The aboriginals formerly used it
for making baskets, etc. All the colonies except Western Australia.'' flindosa ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... there are worthy of note the silky oak, the red silky oak or beefwood, tulipwood,
flindosa or ..."
4. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"flindosa (Flindersia australis, R. Br.). A robust tree common in the scrubs on
the banks of the rivers. The trunk grows to a large size, and is covered with ..."
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