WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
waratah n 1: straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes [syn: waratah, Telopea speciosissima] 2: tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes [syn: waratah, Telopea Oreades]