beefwood

noun

1. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

Similar word(s): balata

Definition categories: plant, tree

2. any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork

Definition categories: plant, wood

3. any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork

Definition categories: plant, casuarina

4. tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood

Definition categories: plant, tree

5. tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood

Definition categories: plant