HyperDic: protea_family

English > 1 sense of the expression protea family:
NOUNplantprotea family, Proteaceae, family Proteaceaelarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
English > protea family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales.
SynonymsProteaceae, family Proteaceae
Member ofProteales, order Protealescoextensive with the family Proteaceae
MembersBartle Frere, genus Bartle-Frere, green dinosaurA living fossil or so-called 'green dinosaur'
Conospermum, genus Conospermum(Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes) smoke bush
Embothrium, genus Embothriumsmall genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
Guevina, genus GuevinaOne species
Hakea, genus HakeaAustralian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
Knightia, genus Knightiasmall genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
Lambertia, genus Lambertiasmall genus of Australian shrubs
Leucadendron, genus Leucadendronlarge genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
Orites, genus Oritessmall genus of Australian shrubs or trees
Persoonia, genus Persoonia(Australian undershrubs to small trees) geebungs
Stenocarpus, genus Stenocarpussmall genus of timber trees
Telopea, genus Telopea(Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs
Xylomelum, genus Xylomelumsmall species of Australian trees or shrubs
genus BanksiaImportant genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers
genus Grevillealarge genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
genus Lomatiasmall genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia
genus MacadamiaTrees or shrubs
genus Proteatype genus of Proteaceae
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishproteáceas

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