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Grevillea Bot.|grɪˈvɪlɪə|
[mod.L., named by R. Brown in 1809 after Charles Francis Greville, Vice-President of the Royal Society (Morris).]
A large genus of trees (family Proteaceæ) of Australia and Tasmania; (also with lower-case initial) a tree or shrub of this genus.
1853Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. V. 313 Two Grevilleas with scarlet flowers. 1882Garden 25 Nov. 462/2 The Grevilleas are among the easiest of plants to grow. 1888Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (1890) III. 138 Graceful grevilleas, which in the spring are gorgeous with orange-coloured blossoms. |