NOUN | plant | honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa | erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar |
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plant | honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera | Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously |
Meaning | Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar. | |
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Synonyms | honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa | |
Member of | Lambertia, genus Lambertia | small genus of Australian shrubs |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Meaning | Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously. | |
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Synonyms | honey-flower, Protea mellifera | |
Member of | genus Protea | type genus of Proteaceae |
Broader | protea | Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones |
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