Telopea

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Telopea - Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahsgenus Telopeadicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Proteaceae, protea family, Proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order ProtealesTelopea Oreades, waratah - tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemesTelopea speciosissima, waratah - straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes