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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 natives of Australia. Some of them are large producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called {beefwood} from its color. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: casuarina n : any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed horsetaillike stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
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