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NEEDLEBUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does needlebush mean?
• NEEDLEBUSH (noun)
The noun NEEDLEBUSH has 1 sense:
1. shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
Familiarity information: NEEDLEBUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hakea lissosperma; needle-bush; needle bush; needlebush
Hypernyms ("needlebush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("needlebush" is a member of...):
genus Hakea; Hakea (Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers)
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