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HOOP PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoop pine mean?
• HOOP PINE (noun)
The noun HOOP PINE has 1 sense:
1. pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
Familiarity information: HOOP PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Araucaria cunninghamii; hoop pine; Moreton Bay pine
Hypernyms ("hoop pine" is a kind of...):
araucaria (any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds)
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