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NATIVE HOLLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does native holly mean? 

NATIVE HOLLY (noun)
  The noun NATIVE HOLLY has 1 sense:

1. low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged podsplay

  Familiarity information: NATIVE HOLLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATIVE HOLLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common flat pea; native holly; Playlobium obtusangulum

Hypernyms ("native holly" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("native holly" is a member of...):

genus Platylobium; Platylobium (small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs)


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