HyperDic: genus_knightia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Knightia:
NOUNplantgenus Knightia, Knightiasmall genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
English > genus Knightia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia.
SynonymKnightia
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Membersrewa-rewa, New Zealand honeysuckleSlender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus knightia, knightia
Catalangenus knightia, knightia

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