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Protea
Protea
Translingual
Proper noun
Protea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – the proteas or sugarbushes, native to South Africa, extremely diverse in form.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Proteales - order; Proteaceae - family; Proteoideae - subfamily; Proteeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Protea sect. Craterifolia, Protea sect. Crinitae, Protea sect. Cristatae, Protea sect. Exsertae, Protea sect. Lasiocephalae, Protea sect. Leiocephalae, Protea sect. Ligulatae, Protea sect. Melliferae, Protea sect. Microgeantae, Protea sect. Obvallatae, Protea sect. Paludosae, Protea sect. Paracynaroides, Protea sect. Patentiflorae, Protea sect. Pinifolia, Protea sect. Protea, Protea sect. Speciosae, Protea sect. Subacaules - sections
- Protea cynaroides - type species. For species see
Protea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
- Protea cynaroides - type species. For species see
protea
protea
English
Noun
protea (plural proteas)
- Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having colourful cone-shaped flower heads.