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- noun archaic A taxonomic
family within theorder Proteales — comprising 82 known species, including South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides or king protea.
Etymologies
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Coinage by Linnaeus, after Proteus the Greek warden of sea beasts, renowned for his ability to change shape.
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[* Mangle prieto.] [* On the extreme rarity of the social plants in the tropics, see my Essay on the Geog. of Plants page 19; and a paper by Mr. Brown on the Proteacea, Transactions of the Lin.
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* (* On the extreme rarity of the social plants in the tropics, see my Essay on the Geog. of Plants page 19; and a paper by Mr. Brown on the Proteacea, Transactions of the Lin.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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