|
Definition of Telopea Oreades
1. Noun. Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telopea Oreades
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. ..."