protea_family
1. [ noun ] (biology,botany) large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
Synonyms: family_Proteaceae Proteaceae
Related terms: dicot_family Proteales Guevina genus_Banksia genus_Protea Lambertia Orites genus_Grevillea Hakea Knightia genus_Lomatia Leucadendron genus_Macadamia Embothrium Conospermum Persoonia Stenocarpus Telopea Xylomelum Bartle_Frere