cotton-wood

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the timber of an Australiantree, Bedfordia salicina, De C., N.O. Compositae.Called Dog-wood (q.v.) in Tasmania.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p.386:

«The `dog-wood' of Tasmania, and the `cotton-wood' of Southern

New South Wales, on account of the abundant down on the leaves.

A hard, pale-brown, well-mottled wood, said by some to be good for furniture. It emits a foetid smell when cut.»

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