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GREVILLEA ROBUSTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Grevillea robusta mean? 

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (noun)
  The noun GREVILLEA ROBUSTA has 1 sense:

1. medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: GREVILLEA ROBUSTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Grevillea robusta; silky oak

Hypernyms ("Grevillea robusta" is a kind of...):

silk oak (any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering)

Holonyms ("Grevillea robusta" is a member of...):

genus Grevillea (large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers)


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