KAPUKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kapuka mean? 

• KAPUKA (noun)
  The noun KAPUKA has 1 sense:

1. small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental

  Familiarity information: KAPUKA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAPUKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Griselinia littoralis; kapuka

Hypernyms ("kapuka" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("kapuka" is a member of...):

genus Griselinia; Griselinia (evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America)