whitewood

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

n.


another name for Cattle-Bush (q.v.). A Tasmanian name for Pittosporum bicolor, Hook., N.O. Pittosporeae.Called Cheesewood in Victoria, and variously applied,as a synonym, to other trees; it is also called Waddy-wood (q.v.).

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