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PROTEA MELLIFERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Protea mellifera mean?
• PROTEA MELLIFERA (noun)
The noun PROTEA MELLIFERA has 1 sense:
1. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
Familiarity information: PROTEA MELLIFERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
honey-flower; honeyflower; Protea mellifera
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)
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