transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-zhə-(wə-)ˈrē-nə ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Malay ( pohon ) kĕsuari, literally, cassowary tree; from the resemblance of its twigs to cassowary feathers
Date: 1777
: any of a genus ( Casuarina of the family Casuarinaceae) of dicotyledonous chiefly Australian trees which have whorls of scalelike leaves and jointed stems resembling horsetails and some of which yield a heavy hard wood