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GUINEA FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guinea flower mean? 

GUINEA FLOWER (noun)
  The noun GUINEA FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GUINEA FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUINEA FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

guinea flower; guinea gold vine

Hypernyms ("guinea flower" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("guinea flower" is a member of...):

genus Hibbertia; Hibbertia (evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia)


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