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FIREWHEEL TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
Synonyms:
firewheel tree; Stenocarpus sinuatus; wheel tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("firewheel tree" 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 ("firewheel tree" is a member of...):
genus Stenocarpus; Stenocarpus (small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia)
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