Definition of Genus Protea

1. Noun. Type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Protea

genus Priodontes
genus Prionace
genus Prionotus
genus Pristis
genus Pritzelago
genus Proboscidea
genus Procavia
genus Procellaria
genus Prociphilus
genus Procnias
genus Proconsul
genus Procyon
genus Progne
genus Prosopis
genus Prosopium
genus Protea (current term)
genus Proteles
genus Proterochampsa
genus Proteus
genus Protium
genus Protoavis
genus Protoceratops
genus Protohippus
genus Prumnopitys
genus Prunella
genus Prunus
genus Psaltriparus
genus Psenes
genus Psephurus
genus Psetta

Literary usage of Genus Protea

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"A brief consideration of these genera with fossil representatives will prove valuable.18 The genus Protea Linne, from which the family takes its name, ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1837)
"We principally noticed, in the small green-house, twenty species of the genus Mimosa, eight of genus Protea, three of genus Banksia, ten of genus Hakea, ..."

3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1834)
"CULTURE OF THE genus Protea. THE difficulty of the culture of this genus of plants may be readily removed by attention to the following simple rules :— 1. ..."

4. Life, Letters, and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart by Charles Lyell (1881)
"Here again I was shown fossils of the genus Protea, and of Banksia, Dryandra, and Hakea, all of that Australian family which seems to have predominated in ..."

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