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honeyflower

honeyflower \honeyflower\, honey flower \honey flower\n.

  1. (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub ( Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.

    Syn: mountain devil, Lambertia formosa.

  2. (Bot.) The Australian shrub ( Protea mellifera) whose flowers yield honey copiously.

    Syn: Protea mellifera.

  3. (Bot.), An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.

WordNet
honeyflower
  1. n. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar [syn: honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa]

  2. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn: honey-flower, Protea mellifera]

Usage examples of "honeyflower".

It was unlikely that he would ever wear the ribbon of the Order of the Golden Honeyflower, but it was equally unlikely that he would be butchered to make a Shaara holiday.