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Acacia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Alder
noun · 78% connection
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tann…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Araucaria
noun · 78% connection
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Arbustive
adjective · 78% connection
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Carib
noun · 78% connection
A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Casuarina
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Dogwood
noun · 78% connection
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Dryandra
noun · 78% connection
A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Epacris
noun · 78% connection
A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Eucalyptus
noun · 78% connection
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Eugenia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Fraxinus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Halesia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Hard
superl. · 78% connection
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: myrtaceous, genus, trees, shrubs, found.
