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NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nuytsia floribunda mean?
• NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA (noun)
The noun NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA has 1 sense:
1. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
Familiarity information: NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda
Hypernyms ("Nuytsia floribunda" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("Nuytsia floribunda" is a member of...):
genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)
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