pinkwood

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

n.


a name for a Tasmanian wood of apale reddish mahogany colour, Eucryphia billardieri,Sparrm., N.O. Saxifrageae,, and peculiar to Tasmania;also called Leatherwood; and for the Wallaby-bush, Beyera viscosa, Miq., N.O.Euphorbiaceae, common to all the colonies of Australasia.