she-oak (shēōk′)
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Tweet n. 1. Any of various Australian trees in the genera Casuarina or Allocasuarina. 2. The wood of one of these trees. [From SHE (probably originally applied in a disparaging sense, because its wood resembles true oak when finished but was sometimes considered more difficult to work).] |
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