CORDYLINE TERMINALIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cordyline terminalis mean? • CORDYLINE TERMINALIS (noun)
The noun CORDYLINE TERMINALIS has 1 sense:
1. shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
Familiarity information: CORDYLINE TERMINALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CORDYLINE TERMINALIS (noun)
Meaning:
Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cordyline terminalis; ti
Hypernyms ("Cordyline terminalis" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("Cordyline terminalis" is a member of...):
Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)
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