Proteaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[ae]}, an order of apetalous
     evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or
     of Australia.
     [1913 Webster]