Grevillean.
/ɡrɪˈvɪlɪə/ Botany.
A large genus of trees (family Proteaceæ) of Australia and Tasmania; (also with lower-case initial) a tree or shrub of this genus.
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Grevillea1853
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muskwood1866
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silver-tree1889
whalebone-tree1889
budda1890
camphor laurel1894
pepperbush1895
mustard bush1898
willow myrtle1898
pigeon wood1899
horizontal scrub1909
turkey-bush1911
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mock orange1929
1853 Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 5 313 Two Grevilleas with scarlet flowers.
1882 Garden 25 Nov. 462/2 The Grevilleas are among the easiest of plants to grow.
1888 Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (1890) III. 138 Graceful grevilleas, which in the spring are gorgeous with orange-coloured blossoms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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