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BRASSAIA ACTINOPHYLLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassaia actinophylla mean? 

BRASSAIA ACTINOPHYLLA (noun)
  The noun BRASSAIA ACTINOPHYLLA has 1 sense:

1. erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leavesplay

  Familiarity information: BRASSAIA ACTINOPHYLLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRASSAIA ACTINOPHYLLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassaia actinophylla; Schefflera actinophylla; umbrella tree

Hypernyms ("Brassaia actinophylla" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Brassaia actinophylla" is a member of...):

genus Schefflera; Schefflera (large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage)


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