Meaning & use
banksia
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an Australian shrub or tree with distinctive cylindrical or dome-shaped flower spikes, often bright yellow or orange.
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The banksia's cone-like seed pods stayed on the tree long after the flowers had faded.
Nectar-feeding birds are drawn to the banksia's flower spikes.
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Named after botanist Joseph Banks, but used today as an ordinary lowercase common noun for the plant.
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