Blackbutt

Quick meaning: Blackbutt is a noun meaning (chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but also Eucalyptus zopherophloia and Eucalyptus todtiana.

Meaning

(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but also Eucalyptus zopherophloia and Eucalyptus todtiana.

Example Sentences

I cut new timber with my saw and inhaled the sweet sour smell of blackbutt.

Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her, he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums, blackbutt, and honeysuckle, and produced a packet of cigarettes. "About time for a smoke-O," he said, "Have a fag, Cora.'

Word Forms

• blackbutts

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woollybutt, flintwood, blackwood, bloodwood, stringybark, eucalyptus.

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