Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n.
   An Australian tree ({Casuarina}), and its red wood, used for
   cabinetwork; also, the trees {Stenocarpus salignus} of New
   South Wales, and {Banksia compar} of Queensland.

Source : WordNet®

beefwood
     n 1: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy
          red timber [syn: {balata}, {balata tree}, {bully tree},
          {Manilkara bidentata}]
     2: any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of
        the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for
        cabinetwork
     3: any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
        yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
     4: tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant
        creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood [syn:
         {scrub beefwood}, {Stenocarpus salignus}]
     5: tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood [syn: {Grevillea
        striata}]