protea

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	honeypot, king protea, protea cynaroides,
definition	:	South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	honey-flower, honeyflower, protea mellifera,
definition	:	Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus protea,
definition	:	type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs (noun.plant)