SHE-OAK


Meaning of SHE-OAK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: she (II) (plant) + oak

1. : any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina — compare beefwood 2a

2.

[so called from its having been first applied to a kind of cheap beer regarded as inferior to good beer as the she-oak is inferior to the oak]

slang Australia : beer

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