Hypernym

noun

family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Member_meronym

Proteales 1

noun

coextensive with the family Proteaceae

Bartle Frere 1

noun

a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named

genus Protea 1

noun

type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

genus Banksia 1

noun

important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers

Conospermum 1

noun

Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush

protea family 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales

Synonyms

Proteaceae 1
large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
family Proteaceae 1
large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales

Member_holonym

Proteales 1

noun

coextensive with the family Proteaceae

Bartle Frere 1

noun

genus Protea 1

noun

type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

genus Banksia 1

noun

important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers

Conospermum 1

noun

Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush