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

n.


a Tasmanian variety of Native Sandalwood; also called Tonga Beanwood.

1862. W. Archer, `Products and Resources of Tasmania,' p. 41:

«`Tonga Bean-wood ( Alyxia buxifolia, Br.). The odouris similar to that of the Tonga Bean ( Dipteryxodorata). A straggling seaside shrub, three to five inchesin diameter.»

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