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CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Clianthus puniceus mean?
• CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS (noun)
The noun CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
Familiarity information: CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Clianthus puniceus; parrot's beak; parrot's bill
Hypernyms ("Clianthus puniceus" is a kind of...):
clianthus; glory pea (any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes)
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