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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
2. 2
   any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Banksia.

Related phrases

Banksia Peninsula

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