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CHRISTMAS BUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Christmas bush mean?
• CHRISTMAS BUSH (noun)
The noun CHRISTMAS BUSH has 1 sense:
1. Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
Familiarity information: CHRISTMAS BUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ceratopetalum gummiferum; Christmas bush; Christmas tree
Hypernyms ("Christmas bush" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Christmas bush" is a member of...):
Ceratopetalum; genus Ceratopetalum (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae)
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