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jarrah

[ jar-uh ]

/ ˈdʒær ə /

noun

a hardwood tree, Eucalyptus marginata, of western Australia.

the heavy, often attractively grained wood of this tree.

Origin of jarrah

First recorded in 1865–70, jarrah is from the Nyungar word jaril

Words nearby jarrah

jarmo, jarmoite, jarosite, jarovize, jarp, jarrah, jarrell, jarrett, jarrow, jarry, jaruzelski

Example sentences from the Web for jarrah

Jarrah had a girlfriend he apparently loved - the only close human tie among the 9/11 conspirators.

Whose Neglect Ushered in 9/11? Not Bush |David Frum |September 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Jarrah was driving with a driver's license issued to a false address.

Whose Neglect Ushered in 9/11? Not Bush |David Frum |September 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Local police had no way to determine that, nor to know that Jarrah's name appeared on a CIA watch list.

Whose Neglect Ushered in 9/11? Not Bush |David Frum |September 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It has been stolen by that settler boy in Sheikh Jarrah, and it might not be worth trying to get it back.

Zionism's Been Stolen |Hillel Ben Sasson |March 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Its timber resembles that of the Jarrah, but cannot be wrought so easily, though for purposes of street-paving it is superior.

Spinifex and Sand |David W Carnegie
Jarrah, an Australian wood, is now very generally used for street-paving, and for this purpose it has no superior.

Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway
Jarrah is, without doubt, the principal forest-tree of Western Australia.

Spinifex and Sand |David W Carnegie
The rival of the red gum as a timber tree is the jarrah, an eucalypt peculiar to Western Australia, where it grows in forests.

Australian Pictures |Howard Willoughby
The specialty of the jarrah is its power to defy the ravages of the insect world and of the sea.

Australian Pictures |Howard Willoughby

British Dictionary definitions for jarrah

jarrah

/ (ˈdʒærə) /

noun

a widely planted Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus marginata, that yields a valuable timber

Word Origin for jarrah

from a native Australian language