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family Proteaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | family Proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Protealesprotea family, Proteaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationorder Proteales, Proteales - coextensive with the family ProteaceaeBartle Frere, genus Bartle-Frere, green dinosaur - a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially namedgenus Protea - type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubsgenus Banksia - important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowersConospermum, genus Conospermum - Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bushEmbothrium, genus Embothrium - small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clustersgenus Guevina, Guevina - one species: Chilean nutgenus Grevillea - large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowersgenus Hakea, Hakea - Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowersgenus Knightia, Knightia - small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledoniagenus Lambertia, Lambertia - small genus of Australian shrubsgenus Leucadendron, Leucadendron - large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bractsgenus Lomatia - small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyesgenus Macadamia - trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australiagenus Orites, Orites - small genus of Australian shrubs or treesgenus Persoonia, Persoonia - Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungsgenus Stenocarpus, Stenocarpus - small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysiagenus Telopea, Telopea - Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahsgenus Xylomelum, Xylomelum - small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers |
family Proteaceae
Synonyms for family Proteaceaenoun large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowersSynonymsRelated Words- dicot family
- magnoliopsid family
- order Proteales
- Proteales
- Bartle Frere
- genus Bartle-Frere
- green dinosaur
- genus Protea
- genus Banksia
- Conospermum
- genus Conospermum
- Embothrium
- genus Embothrium
- genus Guevina
- Guevina
- genus Grevillea
- genus Hakea
- Hakea
- genus Knightia
- Knightia
- genus Lambertia
- Lambertia
- genus Leucadendron
- Leucadendron
- genus Lomatia
- genus Macadamia
- genus Orites
- Orites
- genus Persoonia
- Persoonia
- genus Stenocarpus
- Stenocarpus
- genus Telopea
- Telopea
- genus Xylomelum
- Xylomelum
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