Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as honey-plant, 2. See
  • noun In Australia, a tall evergreen shrub of the family Proteaceæ, Lambertia formosa: so named from the large quantity of nectar contained in its flowers.
  • noun A plant of the genus Melianthus, ornamental shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, the flowers of which yield much honey.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub (Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.
  • noun (Bot.) The Australian shrub (Protea mellifera) whose flowers yield honey copiously.
  • noun (Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
  • noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
  • noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
  • noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

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  • I am working on creating an extremely varied hedgerow across my front yard that I am going to incorporate it into (2 kinds of elder, 2 saskatoon berry-bushes, honeyberry-something like blueberies but cylindricalish, a round honeyflower bush for hummingbirds, and pussy willow so far).

    Tigers & Strawberries » Eating Bitter, Part Two: The Bitter Melon and Me 2005

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