genus Hakea

Definitions of genus Hakea
  1. noun
    Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
    synonyms: Hakea
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    type of:
    dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
    genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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