Definition of Telopea speciosissima

1. Noun. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telopea Speciosissima

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

Literary usage of Telopea speciosissima

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Telopea speciosissima is one of the showiest shrubs of New South Wales. It grown 6—S ft. high and has dense ..."

2. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"Telopea speciosissima, is the beautiful Waratah or Native Tulip, of which I have already made mention, (6.) Lomatia derives its name from the winged edge of ..."

3. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1893)
"The crimson-flowered " waratah " (Telopea speciosissima) is a great ornament of the coast districts, and is almost peculiar to this colony, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"Larra yellowish, (undescribed); feeds in a large irregular whitish blotch in upper surface of leaves of Telopea speciosissima ..."

5. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"Telopea speciosissima, forming low bushes, with heads of flowers as large as small Peonies, was in full blossom. The Blue Mountain Parrot, partly blue, ..."

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