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GREVILLEA BANKSII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Grevillea banksii mean? 

GREVILLEA BANKSII (noun)
  The noun GREVILLEA BANKSII has 1 sense:

1. tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: GREVILLEA BANKSII used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREVILLEA BANKSII (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Grevillea banksii; red-flowered silky oak

Hypernyms ("Grevillea banksii" is a kind of...):

silk oak (any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering)


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