'honeyflower' definitions:
Definition of 'honeyflower'
(from WordNet)
noun
Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar [syn: honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa]
noun
Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn: honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera]
Definition of 'honeyflower'
From: 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]