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STENOCARPUS SINUATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Stenocarpus sinuatus mean?
• STENOCARPUS SINUATUS (noun)
The noun STENOCARPUS SINUATUS has 1 sense:
1. eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
Familiarity information: STENOCARPUS SINUATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
firewheel tree; Stenocarpus sinuatus; wheel tree
Hypernyms ("Stenocarpus sinuatus" 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 ("Stenocarpus sinuatus" is a member of...):
genus Stenocarpus; Stenocarpus (small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia)
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