noun
large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
• Syn: ↑needlewood, ↑needle-wood, ↑Hakea leucoptera
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hakea, ↑genus Hakea
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noun1. usually needlewood \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ : a needlebush of the genus Hakea; especially : a white-flowered shrub or small shrubby tree (H. leucoptera) with a hard tough heavy reddish brown wood that is used locally for small cabinetwork
2. : an Indian-Burmese tree (Schima wallichii) of the family Theaceae with light red or reddish brown wood
3. : the wood of a needle wood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.