honey-flower

1. 1.

   erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

   Synonymshoneyflowermountain devilLambertia formosa

   Broadershrub

   Part ofLambertia
2. 2.

   Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously

   SynonymshoneyflowerProtea mellifera

   Broaderprotea

   Part ofgenus Protea

Questions about honey-flower

What does honey-flower mean?

honey-flower means "erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in honey-flower?

honey-flower has 4 syllables: ho-ney--flo-wer. The stress falls on "ney-".

What is another word for honey-flower?

Close synonyms include honeyflower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa, honeyflower, Protea mellifera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is honey-flower a common word?

honey-flower is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.