CELERY PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celery pine mean? 

• CELERY PINE (noun)
  The noun CELERY PINE has 1 sense:

1. Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves

  Familiarity information: CELERY PINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELERY PINE (noun)

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Meaning:

Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("celery pine" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celery pine"):

celery-topped pine; celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius (medium tall celery pine of Tasmania)

Phyllocladus trichomanoides; tanekaha (medium tall celery pine of New Zealand)

Alpine celery pine; Phyllocladus alpinus (small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand)

Holonyms ("celery pine" is a member of...):

genus Phyllocladus; Phyllocladus (celery pine)