| NOUN | plant | beefwood, balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata | a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber |
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| plant | beefwood | any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae | |
| plant | beefwood | any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork | |
| plant | beefwood, scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus | tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers | |
| plant | beefwood, Grevillea striata | tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood |
| Meaning | A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber. | |
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| Synonyms | balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata | |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Substances | balata, gutta balata | When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls |
| Spanish | sapote, zapote | |
| Catalan | acres | |
| Meaning | Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork / cabinetwork. | |
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| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | beefwood | Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
| beefwood, Grevillea striata | Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood | |
| scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus | Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers | |
| Meaning | Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork. | |
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| Member of | genus Casuarina | genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies |
| Narrower | Australian pine, Casuarina equisetfolia | Common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions |
| Broader | casuarina | Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves |
| Substances | beefwood | Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae |
| Meaning | Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood. | |
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| Synonyms | scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus | |
| Member of | Stenocarpus, genus Stenocarpus | small genus of timber trees |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Substances | beefwood | Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae |
| Meaning | Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood. | |
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| Synonym | Grevillea striata | |
| Broader | silk oak | Any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering |
| Substances | beefwood | Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families ... / families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae |
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