PROTEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protea mean? 

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

1. any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("protea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protea"):

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 ("protea" is a member of...):

genus Protea (type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs)