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proteaceae


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proteaceous  \Pro`te*a"ceous\,  a.  [From  {Proteus}.]  (Bot.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  {Proteace[ae]},  an  order  of  apetalous 
  evergreen  shrubs,  mostly  natives  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  or 
  of  Australia. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Proteaceae 
  n  :  large  family  of  Australian  and  South  African  shrubs  and 
  trees  with  leathery  leaves  and  clustered  mostly 
  tetramerous  flowers;  constitutes  the  order  Proteales 
  [syn:  {Proteaceae},  {family  Proteaceae},  {protea  family}] 




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