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Definition of Telopea speciosissima
1. Noun. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telopea Speciosissima
Literary usage of Telopea speciosissima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"telopea speciosissima is one of the showiest shrubs of New South Wales. It grown
6—S ft. high and has dense ..."
2. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"telopea speciosissima, is the beautiful Waratah or Native Tulip, of which I have
already made mention, (6.) Lomatia derives its name from the winged edge of ..."
3. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1893)
"The crimson-flowered " waratah " (telopea speciosissima) is a great ornament of
the coast districts, and is almost peculiar to this colony, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"Larra yellowish, (undescribed); feeds in a large irregular whitish blotch in
upper surface of leaves of telopea speciosissima ..."
5. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"telopea speciosissima, forming low bushes, with heads of flowers as large as
small Peonies, was in full blossom. The Blue Mountain Parrot, partly blue, ..."
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