Definition of Grevillea

1. Noun. Any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea.

Group relationships: Genus Grevillea
Specialized synonyms: Silk Oak
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Grevillea

1. Noun. Any of many Australian shrubs and trees of the genus ''Grevillea'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grevillea

greppable
grepped
grepping
greps
gres-gris
grese
greses
gressing
gressings
gression
gressorious
greuous
greve
greves
grevilia
grevillea (current term)
grevious
grevy's zebra
grew
grew old
grew on
grew out of
grew up
grewed
grewing
grews
grewsome
grewsomer
grewsomest
grex

Literary usage of Grevillea

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"( ) grevillea ARENARIA. SAND grevillea. Class and Order. ... Semina marginata, v. ápice brevissime alata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. grevillea ..."

2. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"¡¡+238 L'pool, 1854 2.1 grevillea : a Quarterly Record of Cryptogamic Botany; ed. by MC Cooke. v. 9-11. Illus 3 v. 1881-3 С Greenough, Horatio. ..."

3. The British Almanac: Containing Astronomical, Official and Other Information by Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (1843)
"Gresham Lectures, site of hall for, determined on, '42. 240. Gresset, '31. 77; '32.69. Gretch, '31. 79. grevillea acanthifolia, '31. ..."

4. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... Trinidad, and note among its contents, papers on selection of seedling Sugar-canes, grevillea robusta, Isotoma longiflora, Utilization of the Bamboo, ..."

5. Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, William Austin Horn (1896)
"Glen of Palms, Gosse's Range, and McDonnell Range (E. Giles). * grevillea AGRIFOLIA, Cunn. McDonnell Range (Stuart), Glens Edith and Farewell ..."

6. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1855)
"At page 75 of our present volume it will be seen that Dr. Meisner, under an impression that his grevillea ..."

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