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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 Australia
Familiarity information: PINCUSHION HAKEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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