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beefwood

/beef-wood/US // ˈbifˌwʊd //UK // (ˈbiːfˌwʊd) //

牛木,牛皮木,牛角木,牛皮树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several chiefly Australian trees of the genus Casuarina, having feathery branches that lack true foliage leaves.
    • : the hard, reddish wood of any of these trees, used for making furniture.

Examples

  • We could, by their tracks, see where they had herded together in fear under a beefwood tree not one hundred yards from us.