jarrah

Definition

A eucalypt tree of species Eucalyptus marginata, occurring in the southwest of Western Australia.

Example Sentences

• "In contrast, resistance to root rot fungus in jarrah trees has a significant heritability (Box 5.1), so jarrahs can evolve to resist the introduced dieback."
• "Right here. At the foot of an enormous old-growth jarrah."
• "The walls were colonial ramparts—logs of jarrah spiked into masonry—with wings as strong as Church buttresses."