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CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
Synonyms:
cabbage tree; Cordyline australis; grass tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cordyline australis" 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 ("Cordyline australis" is a member of...):
Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)