CASUARINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does casuarina mean? 

• CASUARINA (noun)
  The noun CASUARINA has 1 sense:

1. any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

  Familiarity information: CASUARINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASUARINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("casuarina" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casuarina"):

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)

Holonyms ("casuarina" is a member of...):

genus Casuarina (genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales)