Meaning of hoop pine | Babel Free

Definitions

Araucaria cunninghamii, a tree of eastern Australia and New Guinea.

Examples

“The key colour is green, and of a particular density: the green of mangroves along the riverbanks, of Moreton Bay figs, of the big trees that are natives of this corner of Queensland, the shapely hoop-pines and bunyas that still dominate the skyline along every river.”

“Kerry floated on her back in the Caledonian River, looking skyward through the limbs of Granny Ava's hoop pine.”

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