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Honeyflower

noun

Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar. Synonyms: honey-flower, Lambertia formosa, mountain devil.

Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously. Synonyms: honey-flower, Protea mellifera.

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"Honeyflower" Quotes from Famous Books

... start upon their journey when there came a knocking at the door. On its being opened the bald and toothless Abednego stumbled in with the word that immediately after Angele and her father came aboard the Honeyflower some fifty halberdiers suddenly appeared upon the Couperon. They had at once set sail, and got away even before the sailors had reached the shore. As they had rounded the point, where they were hid from view, Abednego dropped overboard and swam ashore on the rising tide, making his way to ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

Words linked to "Honeyflower" : genus Lambertia, genus Protea, bush, mountain devil, protea, Lambertia, Protea mellifera, Lambertia formosa, shrub, honey-flower