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Telopea

noun

Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs

• Syn: ↑genus Telopea

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family

• Member Meronyms: ↑waratah, ↑Telopea Oreades, ↑Telopea speciosissima

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\\tə̇ˈlōpēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tēlōpos seen from afar, from tēl- tel- (I) + -ōpos (akin to Greek ōps eye, face) — more at eye

: a genus of Australian shrubs and trees (family Proteaceae) notable for their showy scarlet tetramerous flowers which have a common involucre at the base of the clusters and which are followed by capsules with winged seeds — see waratah

Useful english dictionary. 2012.