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WARATAH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes

Synonyms:

Telopea Oreades; waratah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("waratah" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("waratah" is a member of...):

genus Telopea; Telopea (Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes

Synonyms:

Telopea speciosissima; waratah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("waratah" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("waratah" is a member of...):

genus Telopea; Telopea (Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs)

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