spearwood

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

the wood of three trees so called, becausethe aborigines made their spears from it – – Acaciadoratoxylon, A. Cunn., A. homalophylla, A. Cunn.,both N.O. Leguminosae; and Eucalyptusdoratoxylon, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae.

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