noun
1. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
• Syn: ↑honey-flower, ↑mountain devil, ↑Lambertia formosa
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lambertia, ↑genus Lambertia
2. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
• Syn: ↑honey-flower, ↑Protea mellifera
• Hypernyms: ↑protea
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Protea
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : any of several flowers yielding nectar copiously: as
a. : a plant of the genus Melianthus
b. : either of two Australian shrubs (Protea mellifera or the related Lambertia formosa)
c. : bee orchis
d. : a sweet sultan (Centaurea moschata)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.