spearwood

Etymology
From ; named for the use made of the wood by Australian Aborigines to make spear shafts.

Noun

 * 1)  The erect woody evergreen shrub, endemic to Western Australia.
 * 2) * 1966, Western Australian Forests Department, Bulletin, Issues 63-77, |%22spearwoods%22+kunzea+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spearwood%22|%22spearwoods%22+kunzea+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=uGlyeK75R3&sig=MOdfTbG5p6rjD2UDr98PNoJ0Sao&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NlVcUO6qM8mSiAfE74CIDw&redir_esc=y page 62,
 * Peppermint, attaining heights of up to 30 feet, is the principal understorey species in the south, while , Banksia grandis, Banksia attenuata, Casuarina fraseriana, black wattle and spearwood predominate in the north.
 * 1)  The shrub.
 * 2) * 1976, Society for Growing Australian Plants, Australian Plants, Volume 9, Issue 69 - Volume 10, Issue 84, |%22spearwoods%22+kunzea+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spearwood%22|%22spearwoods%22+kunzea+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=0Q4g0sp9D_&sig=3URzZoHh_huB7sRZ24CZIlYVODg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NlVcUO6qM8mSiAfE74CIDw&redir_esc=y page 379,
 * Clinging to the sparse soil beneath the trees are the hardy acacias — Spearwood, with its long, narrow leaves (up to 10cm long by 2-5mm wide), a tall shrub with golden-yellow flower spikes to 2cm;.
 * 1)  The flowering vine.
 * 2)  The eucalypt.
 * 1)  The eucalypt.