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    NEEDLE-WOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Hakea leucoptera; needle-wood; needle wood; needlewood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("needle-wood" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("needle-wood" is a member of...):

    genus Hakea; Hakea (Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers)

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