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MARMALADE BUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marmalade bush mean?
• MARMALADE BUSH (noun)
The noun MARMALADE BUSH has 1 sense:
1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
Familiarity information: MARMALADE BUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fire-bush; fire bush; marmalade bush; Streptosolen jamesonii
Hypernyms ("marmalade bush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("marmalade bush" is a member of...):
genus Streptosolen; Streptosolen (one species: marmalade bush)
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