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HOVEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hovea mean?
• HOVEA (noun)
The noun HOVEA has 1 sense:
1. any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
Familiarity information: HOVEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hovea; purple pea
Hypernyms ("hovea" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("hovea" is a member of...):
genus Hovea (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs)
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