king protea

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   South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes

   SynonymshoneypotProtea cynaroides

   Broaderprotea

   Part ofgenus Protea

Questions about king protea

What does king protea mean?

king protea means "South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes".

What is another word for king protea?

Close synonyms include honeypot, Protea cynaroides. 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 king protea a common word?

king protea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.