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NEW ZEALAND HONEYSUCKLE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
Synonyms:
New Zealand honeysuckle; rewa-rewa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("New Zealand honeysuckle" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("New Zealand honeysuckle" is a member of...):
genus Knightia; Knightia (small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia)