WHEEL TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheel tree mean? 

• WHEEL TREE (noun)
  The noun WHEEL TREE 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: WHEEL TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEEL TREE (noun)

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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 ("wheel tree" 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 ("wheel tree" is a member of...):

genus Stenocarpus; Stenocarpus (small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia)