1. Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
   "The beefwood's distinctive reddish timber is prized by furniture makers"
    
2. Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
   "The durability of beefwood makes it suitable for outdoor furniture"
    
3. A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
   "The beefwood tree was harvested for both its valuable timber and gum";
   - balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
    
4. Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
   "The scrub beefwood's fragrant flowers perfumed the garden";
   - scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus
    
5. Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
   "Beefwood is prized by furniture makers for its dense grain";
   - Grevillea striata

Derived forms: beefwoods

Type of: casuarina, silk oak, tree, wood

Part of: genus Casuarina, genus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus

Encyclopedia: Beefwood