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beefwood

beefwood noun: any of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.

beefwood: any of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling...
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Noun

beefwood (countable and uncountable, plural beefwoods)

  1. Any of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.
  2. (uncountable) Timber of those trees.

Synonyms of beefwood

Forms of beefwood

pluralbeefwoods

Origin of beefwood

From beef + wood.

Words formed from beefwood

  • cornbeefwood
  • Killarney beefwood
  • narrow-leaved beefwood
  • scrub beefwood
  • western beefwood
  • white beefwood

Questions about beefwood

What does beefwood mean?
Beefwood means any of the Australian trees, of at least three different orders of plants, having timber resembling raw beef.
What part of speech is beefwood?
Beefwood is a noun.
What is the plural of beefwood?
The plural of beefwood is beefwoods.

Words near beefwood in the dictionary

  1. beefsteak tomatoes
  2. beefsteaks
  3. beefstew
  4. beefstews
  5. beeftongue
  6. beefwood
  7. beefwoods
  8. beefy
  9. beefy die
  10. beeg
  11. beegah

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