Definition of proteaceae Proteaceae

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What does proteaceae mean?

WordNet

Noun
proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
		family Proteaceae, protea family
		dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
		order proteales, proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae
		bartle frere, genus bartle-frere, green dinosaur a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
		genus protea type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs
		genus banksia important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers
		conospermum, genus conospermum Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush
		embothrium, genus embothrium small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
		genus guevina, guevina one species: Chilean nut
		genus grevillea large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
		genus hakea, hakea Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
		genus knightia, knightia small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
		genus lambertia, lambertia small genus of Australian shrubs
		genus leucadendron, leucadendron large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
		genus lomatia small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes
		genus macadamia trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia
		genus orites, orites small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
		genus persoonia, persoonia Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs
		genus stenocarpus, stenocarpus small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia
		genus telopea, telopea Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs

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Wikipedia

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales.