Definition of Telopea oreades

1. Noun. Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes.

Exact synonyms: Waratah
Group relationships: Genus Telopea, Telopea
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telopea Oreades

Telemann
Teleprompter
Telescopium
Teletext
Teletubbies
Teletubby
Telford
Tell el-Amarna
Tellima
Tellima affinis
Tellima grandiflora
Tellus
Teloogoo
Teloogoos
Telopea
Telopea Oreades
Telopea speciosissima
Telosporidia
Telugu
Temminck's tragopan
Temminck's tragopans
Temnospondyli
Tempe
Tempean
Temperance
Temperate Zone
Templar
Templars
Temple Mount

Literary usage of Telopea oreades

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1889)
"... and in the luxuriance of the climbing plants The arboreous form of the Waratah (telopea oreades) with its magnificent clusters of nch carmine-tinted ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1889)
"... and in the luxuriance of the climbing plants The arboreous form of the Waratah (telopea oreades) with its magnificent clusters of rich carmine-tinted ..."

3. New South Wales: Its Progress Nad Resources by Philadelphia (Lydia), New South Wales, 1876 Centennial exhibition (1894)
"East Gippsland. A small tree. Produces an excellent strong fibre. The wood might be used for making gunpowder charcoal. 177. telopea oreades, R v. Mueller. ..."

4. ... Report of the Royal Commission for Victoria at the Colonial and Indian by John Bosisto (1887)
"Glass case, containing thirty- six wax models of Victorian fungus, wax model of the Victorian waratah plant (telopea oreades, F. v. ..."

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