HyperDic: needle-wood

English > 1 sense of the word needle-wood:
NOUNplantneedle-wood, needlewood, needle wood, Hakea leucopteralarge bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers
English > needle-wood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia.
Synonymsneedlewood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera
Member ofHakea, genus HakeaAustralian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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