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HOHERIA POPULNEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hoheria populnea mean?
• HOHERIA POPULNEA (noun)
The noun HOHERIA POPULNEA has 1 sense:
1. small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
Familiarity information: HOHERIA POPULNEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hoheria populnea; houhere; lacebark; ribbonwood
Hypernyms ("Hoheria populnea" 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 ("Hoheria populnea" is a member of...):
genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)
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