honey flower

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honey flower - 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]