COROKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corokia mean? 

• COROKIA (noun)
  The noun COROKIA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand

  Familiarity information: COROKIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COROKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Corokia; genus Corokia

Hypernyms ("Corokia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("Corokia" is a member of...):

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)