hoop pine

noun

a fast-growing timber tree of Australia, Araucaria cunninghamii, having rough bark with hoop-like cracks around the trunk and branches: family Araucariaceae

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to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly

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Words nearby hoop pine

hooly, hoon, hoop, hoop back, hoop iron, hoop pine, hoop skirt, hoop snake, hoop-de-do, hoop-petticoat narcissus, hooper

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