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Meaning of silky oak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of various trees and large shrubs in the family Proteaceae, especially Grevillea robusta or Cardwellia sublimis.
    countable
  2. The wood of these trees.
    uncountable

Equivalents

日本語 羽衣の木

Examples

“If you drive north from Sydney to Brisbane you come to a natural border, some way south of the political one, where the first bunyas and hoop-pines and silky oaks begin to appear.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Silky Terrier silky-flycatcher silkyscale Sill Silla sillabication

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