casuarinan.

/ˌkasjuːəˈrʌɪnə/

Etymology: < modern Latin casuarius cassowary, from fancied resemblance of the branches to the feathers of the bird.

Botany.

A genus of curious trees, with jointed leafless branches, having the appearance of gigantic horsetails (Equiseta), natives of Australia and the Indian Archipelago. The Australian species is known as Beef-wood, and ‘Oak’.

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club-wood1777

oak tree1789

toa1792

casuarina1806

tree horsetail1884

1806 Naval Chron. 15 460 Clubs made of the wood of the casuarina.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 237 The Fiji Islanders eat human flesh with forks made of the hard wood of a casuarina.

1883 Sunday Mag. Sept. 547/1 Splendid date-palms..lofty Australian acacias, casuarinas, and eucalypti.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	casuarina
释义	casuarinan. /ˌkasjuːəˈrʌɪnə/ Etymology: < modern Latin casuarius cassowary, from fancied resemblance of the branches to the feathers of the bird. Botany. A genus of curious trees, with jointed leafless branches, having the appearance of gigantic horsetails (Equiseta), natives of Australia and the Indian Archipelago. The Australian species is known as Beef-wood, and ‘Oak’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > casuarinas club-wood1777 oak tree1789 toa1792 casuarina1806 tree horsetail1884 1806 Naval Chron. 15 460 Clubs made of the wood of the casuarina. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 237 The Fiji Islanders eat human flesh with forks made of the hard wood of a casuarina. 1883 Sunday Mag. Sept. 547/1 Splendid date-palms..lofty Australian acacias, casuarinas, and eucalypti. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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