| hakea | (n) Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers, Syn. genus Hakea |
| cushion flower | (n) tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia, Syn. Hakea laurina, pincushion hakea |
| needlebush | (n) shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia, Syn. needle-bush, Hakea lissosperma, needle bush |
| needlewood | (n) large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia, Syn. needle wood, Hakea leucoptera, needle-wood |
| shakable | (adj) capable of being weakened, Syn. shakeable, Example: the crisis proved his confidence was shakable |
