FIRE TREE

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Meaning:

A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

Synonyms:

Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fire tree" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("fire tree" is a member of...):

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)

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