genus protea
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1. type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | protea, |
| definition | : | any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family proteaceae, protea family, proteaceae, |
| definition | : | large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales (noun.plant) |
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