genus telopea

Noun
  1. Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs (synset 112243922)
    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:
    • telopea oreades, waratah - tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
    • telopea speciosissima, waratah - straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
    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
    same as: telopea

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