HyperDic: genus_telopea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Telopea:
NOUNplantgenus Telopea, Telopea(Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs
English > genus Telopea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning(Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs.
SynonymTelopea
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Memberswaratah, Telopea Oreadestall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
waratah, Telopea speciosissimastraggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgénero telopea, genus telopea, telopea
Catalangenus telopea, telopea

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