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PROTEA MELLIFERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
Synonyms:
honey-flower; honeyflower; Protea mellifera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Protea mellifera" is a kind of...):
protea (any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones)
Holonyms ("Protea mellifera" is a member of...):
genus Protea (type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs)