HOUHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does houhere mean? 

• HOUHERE (noun)
  The noun HOUHERE 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: HOUHERE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUHERE (noun)

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 ("houhere" 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 ("houhere" is a member of...):

genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)