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Banksia

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbæŋksɪə/

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: honeysuckle, Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Banksia.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَنْكِسِيَّة (bankisiyya) — Translations
  • Arabic: بَنْقِسْيَة (banqisya) — Translations
  • Arabic: بَنْقُوسِيا — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛塔樹 /佛塔树 (fótǎshù) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 班克木 (Bānkè mù) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝克斯 /贝克斯 (bèikèsī) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棒柯 (bàngkē) — Translations
  • Finnish: banksia — Translations
  • French: banksia — Translations
  • German: Banksie — Translations
  • Italian: banksia — Translations
  • Japanese: バンクシア (bankushia) — Translations
  • Korean: 뱅크시아 (baengkeusia) — Translations
  • Polish: banksja — Translations
  • Russian: ба́нксия (bánksija) — Translations
  • Spanish: banksia — Translations
  • Ukrainian: ба́нксія (bánksija) — Translations
  • Woiwurrung: woorike — Translations
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