noun
small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
• Syn: ↑Embothrium
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Chilean firebush, ↑Chilean flameflower, ↑Embothrium coccineum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.