blackbutt
English
Etymology
From black + butt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblakbʌt/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
blackbutt (plural blackbutts)
- (chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 169:
- 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.'
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 175:
- I cut new timber with my saw and inhaled the sweet sour smell of blackbutt.
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References
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