WOLLEMI PINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Wollemi pine mean? • WOLLEMI PINE (noun)
The noun WOLLEMI PINE has 1 sense:
1. newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
Familiarity information: WOLLEMI PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WOLLEMI PINE (noun)
Meaning:
Newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Wollemi pine" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("Wollemi pine" is a member of...):
araucaria family; Araucariaceae; family Araucariaceae (tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae)
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