CHRISTMAS BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Christmas bush mean? 

• CHRISTMAS BUSH (noun)
  The noun CHRISTMAS BUSH has 1 sense:

1. Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

  Familiarity information: CHRISTMAS BUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRISTMAS BUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratopetalum gummiferum; Christmas bush; Christmas tree

Hypernyms ("Christmas bush" 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 ("Christmas bush" is a member of...):

Ceratopetalum; genus Ceratopetalum (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae)