grevillea in English

noun
1
an evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
Acacias, grevilleas and melaleucas need careful annual pruning to keep them busy and attractive and should be replaced when they are no longer so.

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1. A grevillea wood veneer was used on a Pembroke table, a small table with two drawers and folding sides, made in the 1790s for Commissioner of the Royal Navy, Sir Andrew Snape Hamond.

2. ‘The fine-leafed Beefwood or forest wax tree, Grevillea coriacea (family Proteaceae), is a characteristic tree of the open woodland and grassland of central Cape York Peninsula.’ ‘Sally wattle, ironwood and Beefwood dominate the very sparse canopy.’

3. ‘The fine-leafed Beefwood or forest wax tree, Grevillea coriacea (family Proteaceae), is a characteristic tree of the open woodland and grassland of central Cape York Peninsula.’ ‘Sally wattle, ironwood and Beefwood dominate the very sparse canopy.’