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any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering

↑red-flowered silky oak, ↑Grevillea banksii, ↑silver oak, ↑Grevillela parallela, ↑silky oak, ↑Grevillea robusta, ↑beefwood, ↑Grevillea striata

: any of various Australian timber trees of the family Proteaceae (as of the genus Grevillea) having fernlike foliage and attractively mottled wood that is used in cabinetry and veneering; specifically : a medium to large tree (Grevillea robusta) with feathery bipinnate leaves that are silvery white below and orange-red flowers

any of several Australian trees of the genus Grevillea, esp. G. robusta, having feathery, fernlike leaves and showy orange or yellow flowers, grown as a street tree in Florida and California.

Also, silky oak.

[1865-70]

silk oak,

= silky oak. (Cf. ↑silky oak)

(also silky oak) n. a tall Australian tree that yields silky-textured timber similar to oak. ● Several species in the family Proteaceae, in particular Cardwellia sublimis and the frequently cultivated Grevillea robusta