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FLAME BUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flame bush mean?
• FLAME BUSH (noun)
The noun FLAME BUSH has 1 sense:
1. Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
Familiarity information: FLAME BUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
coral bush; flame bush; Templetonia retusa
Hypernyms ("flame bush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("flame bush" is a member of...):
genus Templetonia; Templetonia (genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush)
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"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)