protea family

1. 1.

   large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales

   SynonymsProteaceaefamily Proteaceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofProteales

Questions about protea family

What does protea family mean?

protea family means "large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales".

What is another word for protea family?

Close synonyms include Proteaceae, family Proteaceae. 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 protea family a common word?

protea family 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.