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Definition of Grevillea robusta
1. Noun. Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grevillea Robusta
Literary usage of Grevillea robusta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... Trinidad, and note among its contents, papers on selection of seedling
Sugar-canes, Grevillea robusta, Isotoma longiflora, Utilization of the Bamboo, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Grevillea robusta has come to be generally known as a florists' plant within the
past thirty years. Lvs. twice-pinnatifid (or the pinnae deeply pinnatifid), ..."
3. New Zealand Forestry by David Ernest Hutchins (1919)
"The valuable timbers of the New South Wales " Brush " forest for trial in the
Kauri forests are: Red Cedar as above, Silky Oaks (Grevillea robusta and ..."
4. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Structure, Growth by James Sykes Gamble (1881)
"... Banksia and Grevillea, the best known of which is Grevillea robusta, ...
2000 feet 44 Grevillea robusta has a rough bark, 3-16ths inch thick. ..."
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