beefwood

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noun

Any of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.

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belahbalatabalata treebully treeManilkara bidentatascrub beefwoodStenocarpus salignusGrevillea striata
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Meanings

nounbeefwood (countable and uncountable, plural beefwoods)

plural beefwoods

  1. countableuncountableAny of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.
  2. uncountableTimber of those trees.

Synonyms & antonyms

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belah
Narrower
Barringtonia calyptrataBarringtonia racemosaBischofia javanicaGrevillea parallelaGrevillea striataOrites excelsaStenocarpus salignusStenocarpus sinuatus

nouna tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

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balatabalata treebully treeManilkara bidentata
Broader
tree

nountree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood

Similar
scrub beefwoodStenocarpus salignus
Broader
tree

nountree yielding hard heavy reddish wood

Similar
Grevillea striata
Broader
silk oak
Also see
balatabully tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From beef + wood.

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Cite this entry
APA

beefwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefwood

MLA

“beefwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefwood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beefwood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefwood.

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