native daphne
noun
1 Australian a small Australian tree, Myoporum montanum (family Myoporaceae), valued for its timber.
2 Australian the tree Pittosporum undulatum (family Pittosporaceae), native to Australia and grown in gardens there for its fragrant flowers.
3 NZ either of two small New Zealand shrubs, Pimelea longifolia and P. prostrata (family Thymelaeaceae), with fragrant flowers.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Joseph Maiden (1859–1925).
- come shot
- comess
- comestible
- comet
- cometary
- come the raw prawn
- come the ——
- come through
- come to
- come to a bad end
- come to a head
- come to a sticky end
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to naught
- come to no harm
- come to nothing
- come to (or meet) a sticky end
- come to pass
- come to rest
- come to someone's assistance
- come to someone's knowledge
- come to terms with
- come to that (or if it comes to that)
- come to think of it