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protea [pro-tee-a]

Noun

an African shrub with showy heads of flowers [after Proteus, a sea god who could take many shapes]

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protea - any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones genus Protea - type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs honeypot, king protea, Protea cynaroides - South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes Protea mellifera, honey-flower, honeyflower - Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems