she-oak

1. 1.

   any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina

   Broadercasuarina

   Part ofgenus Casuarina

Questions about she-oak

What does she-oak mean?

she-oak means "any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina".

How many syllables are in she-oak?

she-oak has 3 syllables: she--o-ak. The stress falls on "she-".

Is she-oak a common word?

she-oak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.