casuarina
IPA: kˈæʒwʌrˈinʌ
noun
- Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
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Examples of "casuarina" in Sentences
- The casuarinas smell spicy in the damp air.
- The casuarina is adapted to grow under serve conditions.
- The region also has an immense number of Casuarina trees.
- Golden sands of the beach are dotted with coconut palm and casuarina groves.
- A lot of development has been completed on the coastal road, Casuarina Drive.
- He identified so many species of Casuarina that he ran out of names for them.
- Casuarina is a base for one of three interchanges for the Darwin bus service which is located at Casuarina Square.
- I will say little of the fine and abundant timber furnished by what is called the casuarina tree, and by what the English improperly call the pear.
- Aldabran drongo Dicrurus aldabranus (approximately 1,500 individuals) is also an endemic species which inhabits scrub, mangrove and casuarina areas.
- Unclipping the first sheet and working with the next layer, Wolseley approached the carbon ruins of some casuarina scrub and bashed the paper against the clusters of burnt seeds.
- Province Wellesley, under a row of magnificent casuarina trees, with gray, feathery foliage drooping over a beach of corals and, behind which are the solemn glades of cocoa-nut groves.
- At 6 A.M., in the glory of the tropic sunrise, Mr. Maxwell and I landed in Province Wellesley, under the magnificent casuarina trees which droop in mournful grace over the sandy shore.
- A tree Sir Joseph Banks had classified as casuarina was found to yield very good shingle timber, but was located some distance away around the stream swamp, and excellent brick clay was discovered a mile inland.
- The tropical moist forests of Palau can be divided into 8 main types: upland forest (found only on the high volcanic islands), swamp forest, mangrove forest, atoll forest, casuarina forest, limestone forest (with a subtype in the Rock Islands), plantation forest, and palm forest.