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NATIVE HOLLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does native holly mean?
• NATIVE HOLLY (noun)
The noun NATIVE HOLLY has 1 sense:
1. low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
Familiarity information: NATIVE HOLLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common flat pea; native holly; Playlobium obtusangulum
Hypernyms ("native holly" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("native holly" is a member of...):
genus Platylobium; Platylobium (small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs)
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