KING PROTEA

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Meaning:

South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes

Synonyms:

honeypot; king protea; Protea cynaroides

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("king protea" 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 ("king protea" is a member of...):

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

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