casuarina
- n any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
- The village of Maligi on the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems idyllictwo dozen houses strung along a palm- and casuarina-covered strip of land, on one side .
- Rabaul has the legendary South Seas beauty of a very blue harbor, of casuarina and golden-fruited paupau trees, of silk-swathed Chinese and darkly graceful natives who dye their .
- From the casuarina trees around Rawston Square, barefooted natives shouted down greetings as the new Governor General and his lady moved up the street to the Legislative Council .