tooart

or Tewart

n.

a WestAustralian name for Eucalyptus gomphocephala,or White Gum. See Gum.

1870. T. H. Braim, `New Homes,' c. iv. p. 181:

`Another valuable tree is the tooart, a kind of white gum.»

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 187:

«The Tewart Tree ( Eucalyptus), a variety of the WhiteGum, found principally in the Swan River and King George'sSound District of Western Australia. . . . Of straight growthand noble dimensions. The wood is of a yellowish or strawcolour, hard, heavy, tough, strong and rigid. . . . It is usedin ship-building for beams, keelsons, stern-posts,engine-bearers, and for other works below the line offlotation.»