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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
protea /ˈprəʊtɪə/

▶noun a chiefly South African evergreen shrub with large cone-like flower heads surrounded by brightly coloured bracts. [Genus Protea: many species.]

– origin mod. L., from Proteus (see protean), with ref. to the many species of the genus.

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