beef·wood  (bēf'wŏŏd')  n. In both senses also called Australian pine, casuarina.
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| ca·su·a·ri·na (kāzh'ōō-ə-rī'nə) n. See beefwood. [New Latin Casuarīna, genus name, from Malay kesuari, cassowary (from the resemblance of its twigs to the drooping feathers of the cassowary).] |
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| any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood |