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AUSTRALIAN HEATH

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Meaning:

Any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Australian heath" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Australian heath"):

epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)

Australian grass tree; Richea dracophylla (stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers)

grass tree; Richea pandanifolia; tree heath (gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long)

Holonyms ("Australian heath" is a member of...):

Epacridaceae; epacris family; family Epacridaceae (Australasian shrubs or small trees)

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