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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROTEACEOUS
Pro
`
te
*a "ceous, a.
Etym:
[
From
Proteus.
] (
Bot.
)
Defn:
Of
or
pertaining
to
the
Proteaceæ,
an
order
of
apetalous
evergreen
shrubs,
mostly
natives
of
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope
or
of
Australia.