Beefwood
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
Framework senses
- §1
- tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
- §2
- tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers
- §3
- any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
- §4
- any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae
- §5
- a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber