casuarina
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
casuarina /ˌkasjʊəˈriːnə/
▶noun a tree with slender, jointed, drooping twigs bearing tiny scale-like leaves, native to Australia and SE Asia. [Genus Casuarina.]
– origin from mod. L. casuarius ‘cassowary’ (from the resemblance of the branches to the bird's feathers).
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