protea

Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the family Proteaceae, especially a shrub of the southern African genus Protea having large conelike flower heads with showy bracts.

A genus of apetalous shrubs, the type of the order Proteaceæ and tribe Proteeæ.

Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having colourful cone-shaped flower heads.

any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones