tuart

English

A tuart tree

Alternative forms

• tewart, tooart, touart

Etymology

From Nyunga duward.

Noun

tuart (plural tuarts)

1. Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.
   • 2006, Douglas J. Boland et al., Forest Trees of Australia, 5th edition, CSIRO Publishing, page 284:

     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.

   • 2018, John C. Ryan, Forest Family: Australian Culture, Art, and Trees, page 104:

     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.

   • 2019, Morris Lake, Australian Forest Woods, CSIRO Publishing, page 105:

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

Further reading

• Tuart Forest National Park on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tartu, Traut, tatur

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, perfect passive participle of torqueō. Compare Italian torto, Istriot tuorto, French tort.

Noun

tuart m (plural tuarts)

1. a wrong

Related terms

• stuarzi
• torte