casuarina

ca·su·a·ri·na

(kăzh′o͞o-ə-rī′nə)

n.

Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Casuarina native to Australia, Southeast Asia, and neighboring islands, having jointed needlelike branchlets, scalelike whorled leaves, and small fruits grouped in woody conelike structures. Also called Australian pine.

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[New Latin Casuarīna, genus name, coined by German botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627-1702) after Dutch Kasuarisboom, casuarina (literally, "cassowary tree," from the resemblance of its drooping twigs to the feathers of the cassowary), from kasuaris, cassowary, from New Latin casuarius, from Malay kasuari; see cassowary.]

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casuarina

(ˌkæsjʊəˈriːnə)

n

(Plants) any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae. See also beefwood, she-oak

[C19: from New Latin, from Malay kěsuari cassowary, referring to the resemblance of the branches to the feathers of the cassowary]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

casuarina - any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood genus Casuarina - genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales she-oak - any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina beefwood - any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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Translations

přesličník

Kasuarine

kazuárfa

kasúarínatré

prasličník

deve kuşu ağacı

木麻黄

casuarina

(kӕʒuəˈriːnə) noun

a tall, feathery tree with drooping, jointed, green branches and scale-like leaves. kasuaris شَجَرَةٌ ذات أغْصان وأوراق مُتَدَلِّيَه: كازوارينا вид дъб casuarina přesličník der Kasuarinabaum είδος δέντρου casuarina kasuariin درخت کازوآرینا casuarina casuarina קָזוּאָרִינָה कैसुरिना, शीघ्र बढ़ने वाला एक पेड़, जिसकी शाखाएं आपस में जुड़ी होती हैं और घोड़े के पूंछों जैसी लगती है kazuarina kazuárfa kasuarina kasúarínatré casuarina もくまおうの木 (카수아리나무 속의) 각종 관목 kazuarina pokok ru kasuarboom د کازوآرینا ونه casuarina казурина prasličník avstralsko drevo kazuarina casuarina ต้นสน deve kuşu ağacı 木麻黃 казуарина ایک لمبا درخت cây phi lao 木麻黄

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