different between beefwood vs casuarina

English

Etymology

beef +? wood.

Noun

beefwood (countable and uncountable, plural beefwoods)

1. Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef.
2. (uncountable) The timber of those trees.

Synonyms

• belah

Hyponyms

• (beefwood tree): Barringtonia calyptrata, Barringtonia racemosa, Bischofia javanica (bishop wood), Grevillea parallela, Grevillea striata, Orites excelsa, Stenocarpus salignus, Stenocarpus sinuatus

Derived terms

• cornbeefwood (Barringtonia calyptrata, Barringtonia racemosa)
• narrow-leaved beefwood (Grevillea parallela)
• western beefwood (Grevillea striata)
• white beefwood (Orites excelsa, Stenocarpus sinuatus)
• Killarney beefwood (Stenocarpus salignus)
• scrub beefwood (Stenocarpus salignus)

English

Etymology

From the genus name, ultimately a derivative of Malay kasuari (“cassowary”), from the resemblance of the leaves to the bird's feathers.

Noun

casuarina (plural casuarinas)

1. Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, [1]

     […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.

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