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Definition of Grevillea banksii
1. Noun. Tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grevillea Banksii
Literary usage of Grevillea banksii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1857)
"... examination of the splendid forest- vegetation that surrounds him at Moreton
Bay. Amongst the plants found by him, Grevillea banksii, Orites excelsa, ..."
2. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1870)
"In Grevillea banksii and G. Preisstand we have two fine Australian Proteaceae :
the former robust, with broad, pinnatifid leaves, and dense terminal heads ..."
3. The Gallery of Marianne North's Paintings of Plants and Their Homes, Royal by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William Botting Hemsley (1886)
"Yarrah, or Mahogany (Eucalyptus marginata, Sm.); the handsome red-flowered
Grevillea banksii, R. Br.; and Cockatoo (Cacatua sp.) 763. ..."
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