NEEDLE-BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does needle-bush mean? 

• NEEDLE-BUSH (noun)
  The noun NEEDLE-BUSH has 1 sense:

1. shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia

  Familiarity information: NEEDLE-BUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEEDLE-BUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hakea lissosperma; needle-bush; needle bush; needlebush

Hypernyms ("needle-bush" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("needle-bush" is a member of...):

genus Hakea; Hakea (Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers)