norfolk island pine

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   evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific

   SynonymsAraucaria heterophyllaAraucaria excelsa

   Broaderaraucaria

Questions about norfolk island pine

What does norfolk island pine mean?

norfolk island pine means "evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific".

What is another word for norfolk island pine?

Close synonyms include Araucaria heterophylla, Araucaria excelsa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is norfolk island pine a common word?

norfolk island pine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.