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n. - Any shrub or tree of a certain genus having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.

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Usage examples (33)
  • I am glad the banksia tree is sprouting and that you saw its new growth.
  • "Better than any climbers I ever saw — except the banksia."
  • "Better than any climbers I ever saw – except the banksia."
  • We wandered into an arbour covered with wistaria, banksia, and Marechal
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