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Definition of Protea mellifera

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Protea Mellifera

protanopic protases protasis protatic protea Proteaceae Proteales protean proteans proteas

protease proteases protease inhibitor Protea cynaroides protea family Protea mellifera protect protectant protectants protected

protecter protecters protecting protecting(a) protection protectionism protectionisms protectionist protectionists protections

Literary usage of Protea mellifera

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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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