genus grevillea

Noun
  1. Large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers (synset 112237728)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym:
    • grevillea - any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea
    • silk oak - any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering
    • grevillela parallela, silver oak - small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia
    • grevillea robusta, silky oak - medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
    belongs to: family proteaceae, protea family, proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales

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