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PINCUSHION HAKEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pincushion hakea mean? 

PINCUSHION HAKEA (noun)
  The noun PINCUSHION HAKEA has 1 sense:

1. tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: PINCUSHION HAKEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PINCUSHION HAKEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cushion flower; Hakea laurina; pincushion hakea

Hypernyms ("pincushion hakea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("pincushion hakea" 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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