GENUS PROTEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Protea mean? 

• GENUS PROTEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PROTEA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

  Familiarity information: GENUS PROTEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROTEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Protea" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Protea"):

protea (any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones)

honeypot; king protea; Protea cynaroides (South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes)

honey-flower; honeyflower; Protea mellifera (Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously)

Holonyms ("genus Protea" is a member of...):

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