SHE-OAK

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Meaning:

Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("she-oak" is a kind of...):

casuarina (any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood)

Holonyms ("she-oak" is a member of...):

genus Casuarina (genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales)

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