protea

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

protea(n = noun.plant) Array - any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones; Array

has particulars: honeypot, king protea, protea cynaroides, honey-flower, honeyflower, protea mellifera

is a kind of bush, shrub

protea, n. any shrub of the genus Protea native to S. Africa, with conelike flower-heads.

Etymology

mod.L f. PROTEUS, with ref. to the many species

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