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YELLOW-LEAF SICKLE PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow-leaf sickle pine mean?
• YELLOW-LEAF SICKLE PINE (noun)
The noun YELLOW-LEAF SICKLE PINE has 1 sense:
1. a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
Familiarity information: YELLOW-LEAF SICKLE PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YELLOW-LEAF SICKLE PINE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Falcatifolium taxoides; yellow-leaf sickle pine
Hypernyms ("yellow-leaf sickle pine" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("yellow-leaf sickle pine" is a member of...):
Falcatifolium; genus Falcatifolium (sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia)
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