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GENUS PROTEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Protea" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Protea"):
protea (any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones)
honeypot; king protea; Protea cynaroides (South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes)
honey-flower; honeyflower; Protea mellifera (Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously)
Holonyms ("genus Protea" is a member of...):
family Proteaceae; protea family; Proteaceae (large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales)
