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English noun: beefwood

1. beefwood (plant) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber


Synonymsbalata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata


Broader (hypernym)tree


Substance holonymbalata, gutta balata

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


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymbeefwood, beefwood, beefwood, Grevillea striata, scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus

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


Broader (hypernym)casuarina


Narrower (hyponym)Australian pine, Casuarina equisetfolia


Member meronymgenus Casuarina


Substance holonymbeefwood

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


Synonymsscrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus


Substance holonymbeefwood

5. beefwood (plant) tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood


SynonymsGrevillea striata


Broader (hypernym)silk oak


Substance holonymbeefwood









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