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ORITES EXCELSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orites excelsa mean?
• ORITES EXCELSA (noun)
The noun ORITES EXCELSA has 1 sense:
1. Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
Familiarity information: ORITES EXCELSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Orites excelsa; prickly ash
Hypernyms ("Orites excelsa" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Orites excelsa" is a member of...):
genus Orites; Orites (small genus of Australian shrubs or trees)
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