Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proteaceous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[ae]}, an order of apetalous
evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or
of Australia.
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