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QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Queensland grass-cloth plant mean?
• QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT (noun)
The noun QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT has 1 sense:
1. Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
Familiarity information: QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pipturus argenteus; Queensland grass-cloth plant
Hypernyms ("Queensland grass-cloth plant" is a kind of...):
ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
Holonyms ("Queensland grass-cloth plant" is a member of...):
genus Pipturus; Pipturus (an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae)
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