HyperDic: genus_persoonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Persoonia:
NOUNplantgenus Persoonia, Persoonia(Australian undershrubs to small trees) geebungs
English > genus Persoonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning(Australian undershrubs to small trees) geebungs.
SynonymPersoonia
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
MembersgeebungAny of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus persoonia, persoonia
Catalangenus persoonia, persoonia

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