HyperDic: genus_orites

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Orites:
NOUNplantgenus Orites, Oritessmall genus of Australian shrubs or trees
English > genus Orites: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
SynonymOrites
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Membersprickly ash, Orites excelsaAustralian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus orites, orites
Catalangenus orites, orites

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