Definition of Protea mellifera

1. Noun. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously.

Exact synonyms: Honey-flower, Honeyflower
Group relationships: Genus Protea
Generic synonyms: Protea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protea Mellifera

Prosopis
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis juliflora
Prosopis juliiflora
Prosopis pubescens
Prosopium
Prosopium cylindraceum
Prosopium williamsonii
Prosper
Prosper Meniere
Prosser
Prostigmin
Protagoras
Protagorean
Protea cynaroides
Protea mellifera
Proteaceae
Proteales
Protean
Proteas
Protector of Boundaries
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Proteidae
Proteles
Proteles cristata
Proterochampsa
Proterozoic
Proterozoic aeon
Proterozoic eon
Protestancy

Literary usage of Protea mellifera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... the depressions being lined with delicate felted hairs. In other species (eg Petrophila rigida, protea mellifera, Roupala brasiliensis, ..."

2. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"Some of the Proteas of the Cape are gregarious plants, growing usually in great quantity where they occur at all, * protea mellifera. f Protea ..."

3. The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H[enry] R[ichardson] Procter (1903)
"Said by de Lof to contain 22 per cent. of tannin ; but a specimen examined by the Author yielded IO-9 per cent. on analysis. protea mellifera. Sugarbush. ..."

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