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Definition of Conospermum
1. Noun. Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Member holonyms: Smoke Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conospermum
Literary usage of Conospermum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"With the exception of conospermum, which has only three anthers, ... conospermum.
This plant derives its name from the somewhat conical shape of its seeds, ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"conospermum 26 7. ... regarded by some as the finest of Australian flo? is peculiar
to this colony :— Petrophila 3 species. Isopogon 4 conospermum 7 ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1828)
"A figure taken from :' Dr Hooker in an early number of the Botanical M conospermum
... conospermum ..."
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