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English noun: Proteaceae

1. Proteaceae (plant) large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales


Synonymsfamily Proteaceae, protea family


Broader (hypernym)dicot family, magnoliopsid family


Member holonymBartle Frere, Conospermum, Embothrium, genus Banksia, genus Bartle-Frere, genus Conospermum, genus Embothrium, genus Grevillea, genus Guevina, genus Hakea, genus Knightia, genus Lambertia, genus Leucadendron, genus Lomatia, genus Macadamia, genus Orites, genus Persoonia, genus Protea, genus Stenocarpus, genus Telopea, genus Xylomelum, green dinosaur, Guevina, Hakea, Knightia, Lambertia, Leucadendron, Orites, Persoonia, Stenocarpus, Telopea, Xylomelum


Member meronymorder Proteales, Proteales









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