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    HOUHERE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordageplay

    Synonyms:

    Hoheria populnea; houhere; lacebark; ribbonwood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

    genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)

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