tuart — Englisches Wörterbuch

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1. Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.

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   Tuart is usually a tall tree attaining 25–40 m in height and 1–2 m dbh, but in the northern part of its distribution it may be reduced to about 10–15 m in height.

   2009, Richard Allen, Australia's Remarkable Trees, Melbourne University Publishing (The Miegunyah Press), page 8, Today only a quarter of the original Tuart forests and woodlands remain.

   As an artist keenly attracted to Western Australian gums, specifically karris and tuarts, van Raalte prioritized imaginative figurations of trees, rather than humans, in his etchings.

   However, due to overlogging, the tuart is a protected tree with conditions placed on logging.