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HOVEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does hovea mean?

• HOVEA (noun)
The noun HOVEA has 1 sense:

1. any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

Familiarity information: HOVEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOVEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hovea; purple pea

Hypernyms ("hovea" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("hovea" is a member of...):

genus Hovea (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs)

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