"boneseed" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 boneseed.ogg [Australia] Forms: boneseeds [plural]
Etymology: bone + seed, either directly as a description of the hard surface of the seeds, or indirectly as a calque of the name of its former genus, Osteospermum, from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bone|seed}} bone + seed, {{taxlink|Osteospermum|genus}} Osteospermum, {{der|en|grc|ὀστέον|t=bone}} Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”), {{der|en|grc|σπέρμα|t=seed}} Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boneseed (plural boneseeds)
  1. (New Zealand) An upright shrub in the sunflower family, Chrysanthemoides monilifera, which is native to South Africa but is an invasive pest in Australia and New Zealand. Tags: New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Composites
    Sense id: en-boneseed-en-noun-k57-ADzR Disambiguation of Composites: 79 21 Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26
  2. (Australia) The subspecies Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera (the subspecies Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata being known there as bitou bush) Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-boneseed-en-noun-CZWuVrJZ Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Chrysanthemoides monilifera): Osteospermum moniliferum
Disambiguation of 'Chrysanthemoides monilifera': 47 53

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