[syn: honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
honey-flower
n 1: erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal
clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar [syn:
honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia
formosa]
2: Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn:
honeyflower, honey-flower, Protea mellifera]