HyperDic: genus_embothrium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Embothrium:
NOUNplantgenus Embothrium, Embothriumsmall genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
English > genus Embothrium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters.
SynonymEmbothrium
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
MembersChilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineumGrown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishembothrium, genus embothrium
Catalanembothrium, genus embothrium

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