tallow wood


noun
  1. Australian a tall eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus microcorys, of coastal regions, having soft fibrous bark and conical fruits and yielding a greasy timber

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How to use tallow wood in a sentence

  • Her frames were of bent elm, the sternpost and knees of tea-tree, while her keel was of tallow-wood.

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