ORITES EXCELSA

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Meaning:

Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

Synonyms:

Orites excelsa; prickly ash

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Orites excelsa" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Orites excelsa" is a member of...):

genus Orites; Orites (small genus of Australian shrubs or trees)

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