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Definition of Bartle frere
1. Noun. A living fossil or so-called 'green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartle Frere
Literary usage of Bartle frere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"THE BASUTOS AND SIR bartle frere. ' The circumstances under which the Basutos
became subjects of the Crown are peculiar, and impose upon Her Majesty's ..."
2. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"To Sir bartle frere these slight events appeared clear proofs of the overweening
... Sir bartle frere had already prepared for this contingency ; he had ..."
3. The Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G., First Premier of by Percy Alport Molteno (1900)
"1878-1880 Sir bartle frere makes Dictatorship more effective—-Asks for control
of Sir Henry Bulwer and Sir Theophilus Shepstone—Home Government accedes to ..."
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