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QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Queensland grass-cloth plant mean? 

QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT (noun)
  The noun QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT has 1 sense:

1. Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making clothplay

  Familiarity information: QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUEENSLAND GRASS-CLOTH PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pipturus argenteus; Queensland grass-cloth plant

Hypernyms ("Queensland grass-cloth plant" is a kind of...):

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

Holonyms ("Queensland grass-cloth plant" is a member of...):

genus Pipturus; Pipturus (an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae)


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