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she-oak

noun

  1. any of various Australian trees of the genus Casuarina See casuarina
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of she-oak1

C18 she (in the sense: inferior) + oak
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But much like the dunnarts, the cockatoos could find they don’t have enough food left on the island, particularly because they eat only from a single type of tree known as a drooping she-oak.

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It was not a cheerful night, for the wind had risen, and was moaning among the she-oak trees like a million lost spirits.

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The rough bark of the she-oak and its soft sappy wood .

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Grassy plains are an unusual sight in Santo; the wide expanse of yellowish green is surrounded by dark walls of she-oak, in the branches of which hang thousands of flying-foxes.

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"Well, young people, what luck?" said the burly mine-owner, as with his hands on his hips, he leant against a she-oak.

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