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‖ tooart|ˈtuːət|
Also tewart, tuart.
[Native name in Australia.]
A West Australian tree, Eucalyptus gomphocephala, which furnishes a very hard heavy durable timber used in ship-building.
1870T. H. Braim New Homes iv. 181 Another valuable tree is the tooart, a kind of white gum. 1875T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees xxvi. 187 The Tewart Tree (Eucalyptus). A variety of the White Gum... The wood is..hard, heavy, tough, strong, and rigid... It is used in ship-building for..keelsons,..and for other works below the line of flotation. |