honeyflower

Definitions of honeyflower
  1. noun
    erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
    synonyms: Lambertia formosa, honey-flower, mountain devil
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  2. noun
    Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
    synonyms: Protea mellifera, honey-flower
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    type of:
    protea
    any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
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