Definition of Genus Telopea

1. Noun. Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs.

Exact synonyms: Telopea
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Member holonyms: Telopea Oreades, Waratah, Telopea Speciosissima, Waratah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Telopea

genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera
genus Tellima
genus Telopea (current term)
genus Templetonia
genus Tenrec
genus Tephrosia
genus Terebella
genus Teredo
genus Termes
genus Terrapene
genus Terrietia
genus Testudo
genus Tethus
genus Tetraclinis
genus Tetragonia
genus Tetragonurus
genus Tetrahymena

Literary usage of Genus Telopea

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

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... yields a hard durable wood highly prized by wheelwrights. Waratah, ;/. an Australian flower. There are three species, belonging to the genus Telopea, ..."

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