HyperDic: telopea

English > 1 sense of the word Telopea:
NOUNplantTelopea, genus Telopea(Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs
English > Telopea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning(Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs.
Synonymgenus Telopea
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Memberswaratah, Telopea Oreadestall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
waratah, Telopea speciosissimastraggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgénero telopea, genus telopea, telopea
Catalangenus telopea, telopea

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