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casuarina (iou)



casuarina noun. L18.
[mod. Latin, from casuarius cassowary (from resemblance of the branches to the bird's feathers).]
A tree of the genus Casuarina (family Casuarinaceae), native to Australia and parts of SE Asia, with jointed branches resembling gigantic horsetail plants.