casuarina

Etymology
From the genus name, ultimately a derivative of, from the resemblance of the leaves to the bird's feathers.

Noun

 * 1) Any of numerous trees, of the genera  and, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
 * 2) * 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III,
 * the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.

Derived terms

 * casuarina cockatoo

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: kasúarínatré
 * Malay:
 * Jawi: ارو / رو, چمارا
 * Rumi: eru /, cemara