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NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nuytsia floribunda mean? 

NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA (noun)
  The noun NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA has 1 sense:

1. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grassesplay

  Familiarity information: NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUYTSIA FLORIBUNDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda

Hypernyms ("Nuytsia floribunda" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("Nuytsia floribunda" is a member of...):

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)


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