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Orites

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Noun1.Orites - small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Proteaceae, protea family, Proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
Orites excelsa, prickly ash - Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers


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5 megawatts of energy from two new operators -- Orites wind farm in Paphos and Ketonis wind farm in Larnaca.
Author: ) OFFICIALS yesterday laid the foundation stone for the Orites wind farm near Paphos, the island's first significant renewable energy project.
Grazing and fire Studies of other alpine fires, and fire behaviour in general, have shown that the most flammable part of the alpine landscape is the dense, closed heath communities that are dominated by unpalatable shrubs such as Prostanthem, Phebalium and Orites.
 
 
 
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