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Norfolk Island pine
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Norfolk Island pine
n.
An evergreen tree (Araucaria heterophylla) with incurved, decurrent needles, native to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific and widely grown as an indoor plant.
Norfolk Island pine
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall coniferous tree, Araucaria heterophylla, native to Norfolk Island and widely cultivated
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Noun1.Norfolk Island pine - evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacificnorfolk island pine - evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific
Araucaria excelsa, Araucaria heterophylla
araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
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Walking north on Hazeltine Avenue toward Fashion Square, two Norfolk Island pines (Araucaria heterophylla) come into view.
GARDENING : WONDERFUL WORLD OF AMAZING GROWTH JUST A WALK AWAY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Early on in the programme for the centre, the indigenous bush was supplemented with transplanted Norfolk Island pines, those wonderful, stiff architectural trees which so gracefully articulate the sky-lines of the islands of the south-western Pacific.
Sea and sky by McInstry, Sheila / The Architectural Review
Black olives, which are native to the Florida Keys but are considered possibly a naturalized species in Dade County, tended to blow over very readily Other exotics such as royal poinciana trees (Delonix regia) and Norfolk Island pines (Araucaria excelsa) performed fairly well.
A hurricane's silver lining by Davis, Norah Deakin / American Forests
 
 
 
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