AUSTRALIAN PINE

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Meaning:

Common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood

Synonyms:

Australian pine; Casuarina equisetfolia

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Nouns denoting plants

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

beefwood (any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork)

Holonyms ("Australian pine" 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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