CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cordyline australis mean? 

• CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS (noun)
  The noun CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS has 1 sense:

1. elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand

  Familiarity information: CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cabbage tree; Cordyline australis; grass tree

Hypernyms ("Cordyline australis" 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 ("Cordyline australis" is a member of...):

Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)