Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork

• Some used for cabinetwork
• Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae
• Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
• A hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
• Yields hard heavy reddish wood
• Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Casuarina \Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus Casuarius .] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata , balata tree , bully tree , Manilkara bidentata ] any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for ...