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Definition of Protea mellifera
1. Noun. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protea Mellifera
Literary usage of Protea mellifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... the depressions being lined with delicate felted hairs. In other species (eg
Petrophila rigida, protea mellifera, Roupala brasiliensis, ..."
2. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"Some of the Proteas of the Cape are gregarious plants, growing usually in great
quantity where they occur at all, * protea mellifera. f Protea ..."
3. The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H[enry] R[ichardson] Procter (1903)
"Said by de Lof to contain 22 per cent. of tannin ; but a specimen examined by
the Author yielded IO-9 per cent. on analysis. protea mellifera. Sugarbush. ..."
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