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CELTIS AUSTRALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Celtis australis mean?
• CELTIS AUSTRALIS (noun)
The noun CELTIS AUSTRALIS has 1 sense:
1. bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
Familiarity information: CELTIS AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Celtis australis; European hackberry; Mediterranean hackberry
Hypernyms ("Celtis australis" is a kind of...):
hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
Holonyms ("Celtis australis" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)
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