Any of the shrubs and trees constituting the genus Banksia (family Proteaceae), the members of which are native to Australia and have evergreen…

A name for Australian shrubs of the genus Telopea (N.O. Proteaceæ), esp. T. speciosissima and T. oreades, which bear crimson or scarlet flowers in…

Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of various plants in some way resembling the common honeysuckle; esp.: (a) the water lemon, Passiflora lauri…

The ornamental wood of any of several Australian trees and tall shrubs; spec. (a) either of two trees of the genus Eucryphia (family Eucryphiaceae)…

(a) = sense A. 3a; (b) Australian = sense A. 4(b).

Australian. In full native rose. Either of two Australian shrubs with pink flowers, the scrub vine, Bauera rubioides (family Cunoniaceae), and Boroni…

Any of several shrubs having leaves of a bluish colour; spec. (a) the South African shrub Diospyros lycioides (family Ebenaceae); (b) any of…

Australian. Any of various Australian trees and shrubs; esp. (a) the shrub or small tree Bedfordia salicina (family Asteraceae (Compositae)) (now rare…

The kaka-beak, Clianthus puniceus (family Papilionaceae), a New Zealand shrub with bright red beak-like flowers. Usually in form parrot's bill. Cf…

Applied in Australia to two proteaceous trees with brilliantly coloured flowers. A Victorian and Tasmanian species of Waratah, Telopea orcades, also…

Chiefly Australian. Any of the shrubby plants constituting the Australasian genus Leucopogon (family Epacridaceae), typically having white or…

In Australia. A leguminous shrub, Viminaria denudata, also called swamp-broom.

The Tasmanian name for a shrub of the species Bauera rubioides, one of the three Australasian species of the family Saxifragaceæ. Also attributive.

The cylindrical flowering spike, rich in nectar, of shrubs of the genus Banksia, which dries to a woody cone. Also: the plant itself.

Any of various trees, shrubs, and other plants having more or less cylindrical flowers or flower spikes, often with many prominent stamens, mostly…

An Australasian shrub belonging to the leguminous genus of that name, bearing handsome flowers in racemes.

a name for the Australasian genus Clianthus.

A plant of the rutaceous genus so named, a sweet-scented Australian shrub.

A New Zealand shrub, a white-flowered arborescent species of Veronica (Hebe salicifolia).

The prepared leaves of a Central Australian shrub, Duboisia hopwoodii (family Solanaceae), containing nornicotine and traditionally chewed by…

Clianthus formosus, a trailing perennial herb of the family Leguminosæ, native to desert regions of Western Australia and bearing racemes of red or…

(a) the dodder laurel (Cassytha); (b) the native rose (Bauera rubioides).

†(a) Obsolete. rare, a cultivated pea plant (Pisum sativum); (b) any of various Australian leguminous shrubs, esp. of the genus Sesbania (family Fab…

(a) a bush on which cotton grows; (b) any of various Australian shrubs (esp. Kochia aphylla) having a downy appearance.

any of several plants of the genus Banksia (see honeysuckle, n. 4).

any of several pink-flowered Australian shrubs of the genus Hypocalymma (family Myrtaceae).

(see quot. 1884).

Any of various shrubs of the genus Scaevola (family Goodeniaceae), found on islands and coasts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans; spec. the beach…

Australian. The plant Bauera rubioides (family Saxifragaceae), of coastal areas in eastern Australia, which has pale pink rose-like flowers similar…

Applied, usually with defining word, to species of this, and various plants more or less resembling it, or their flowers; also to the flowers of the…

one or other of various shrubs bearing a profusion of white flowers (Cent. Dict.); esp. the small silvery shrub, Calocephalus brownii, of the…

a shrub of the genus Ricinocarpos, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, esp. R. pinifolius, which is native to eastern Australia and bears clusters of…

Botany. A member of a large genus of shrubs so called, mostly native to New Zealand, belonging to the family Scrophulariaceæ, and formerly…

A tree of Tasmania and south-east Australia, Drimys lanceolata (family Winteraceae), bearing small dark fruits which were formerly used as a…