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HONEY-FLOWER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously

Synonyms:

honey-flower; honeyflower; Protea mellifera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("honey-flower" is a kind of...):

protea (any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones)

Holonyms ("honey-flower" is a member of...):

genus Protea (type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

Synonyms:

honey-flower; honeyflower; Lambertia formosa; mountain devil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("honey-flower" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("honey-flower" is a member of...):

genus Lambertia; Lambertia (small genus of Australian shrubs)

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