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Definition of Genus protea
1. Noun. Type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs.
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Member holonyms: Protea, Honeypot, King Protea, Protea Cynaroides, Honey-flower, Honeyflower, Protea Mellifera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Protea
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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