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CHILEAN RIMU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chilean rimu mean? 

CHILEAN RIMU (noun)
  The noun CHILEAN RIMU has 1 sense:

1. about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chileplay

  Familiarity information: CHILEAN RIMU used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHILEAN RIMU (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

About the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chilean rimu; Lepidothamnus fonkii

Hypernyms ("Chilean rimu" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Chilean rimu" is a member of...):

genus Lepidothamnus; Lepidothamnus (small usually shrubby conifers)


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