Honeyflower

3 definitions found

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

  honeyflower \honeyflower\, honey flower \honey flower\n.
     1. (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub ({Lambertia formosa}) of
        eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers
        yielding much nectar.
  
     Syn: mountain devil, {Lambertia formosa}.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Bot.) The Australian shrub ({Protea mellifera}) whose
        flowers yield honey copiously.
  
     Syn: {Protea mellifera}.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. (Bot.), An evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a
        native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much
        honey.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  honey-flower
       n 1: erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal
            clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar [syn: {honeyflower},
             {mountain devil}, {Lambertia formosa}]
       2: Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn: {honeyflower},
           {Protea mellifera}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  honeyflower
       n 1: erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal
            clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar [syn: {honey-flower},
             {mountain devil}, {Lambertia formosa}]
       2: Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn: {honey-flower},
           {Protea mellifera}]