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NATIVE HOLLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does native holly mean?

• NATIVE HOLLY (noun)
The noun NATIVE HOLLY has 1 sense:

1. low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods

Familiarity information: NATIVE HOLLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NATIVE HOLLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common flat pea; native holly; Playlobium obtusangulum

Hypernyms ("native holly" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("native holly" is a member of...):

genus Platylobium; Platylobium (small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs)

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