she-oak

noun

ˈshē-ˌōk 

: any of various casuarinas

Examples of she-oak in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Observe black cockatoos preen in the drooping she-oaks, or marvel at the Dali-esque outback, filled with its skeletal mallee trees. — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026

Budj Bim assigned the weeping she-oak (Casuarina) trees, whose whispering voices can be heard in the wind, to be the guardian spirits of the landscape. — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025

This ground cover is a far cry from its arboreal kin, the Casuarina species known collectively as she-oaks, which may grow as tall as 70 feet. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025

Dramatic hills are thickly coated with giant eucalyptus and native she-oak; wild lavender shelters native wildlife like musical magpies and cackling kookaburras. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for she-oak

• awoke
• baroque
• bespoke
• colloque
• convoke
• evoke
• invoke
• keystroke
• kinfolk
• kinsfolk
• menfolk
• provoke