genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales | a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber |
| any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork |
| tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood |
| tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood |
| any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork |