needle bush

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Noun1.needle bush - shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
Hakea lissosperma, needlebush, needle-bush
genus Hakea, Hakea - Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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