HyperDic: genus_protea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Protea:
NOUNplantgenus Proteatype genus of Proteaceae
English > genus Protea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs.
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Membershoneyflower, honey-flower, Protea melliferaAustralian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
honeypot, king protea, Protea cynaroidesSouth African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
proteaAny tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus protea
Catalangenus protea

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