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bank·si·a

(băngk′sē-ə)

Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Banksia of Australia and New Guinea, having dense spikes of usually yellowish or reddish flowers and fruits in conelike clusters.

[After Sir Joseph Banks.]

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banksia

(ˈbæŋksɪə)

(Plants) any shrub or tree of the Australian genus Banksia, having long leathery evergreen leaves and dense cylindrical heads of flowers that are often red or yellowish: family Proteaceae. See also honeysuckle³

[C19: New Latin, named after Sir Joseph Banks]

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bank•si•a

(ˈbæŋk si ə)

n., pl. -si•as.

any Australian shrub or tree of the genus Banksia, of the protea family, having alternate leaves and dense cylindrical flower heads.

[< New Latin (1782), after Sir Joseph Banks]

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banksia - any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds

genus Banksia - important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers

Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia, honeysuckle - shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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Native rosemary and clumps of banksias frame my path, and the cold wind whips my face as I walk to the Gap.

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The EVCs where Bush-peas and Xanthosias occur are more widespread and variable; they include Damp Forest (EVC 29) and Lowland Forest (EVC 16), Sand (EVC 6) and Wet (EVC 7) Heathlands and are found in the same EVCs as the Banksias. For these species, the number of plants, per cent cover and minimum and maximum heights were used to determine the response of seedling regeneration post-fire and the longer-term recovery in size to maturity.

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Damascena roses as well as Banksias also benefit from taking out any old wood and feeding with a rose fertiliser.

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Also included are dense plantings of low-water Australian natives such as weeping acacia trees, cone-flowered banksias, and hummingbird-magnet grevilleas that thrive in the Bay Area.

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banksias and gnarled eucalypts grew to look out over the river, all gone

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By this time in my trip, I could identify banksias and acacia--in most cases, but even some of these could be tricky because their genetic diversity is so great that they come in many guises.

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But perhaps more intriguingly, the histories of lesser-known remedies such as those extracted from native orchids, banksias and grass trees are also brought alive in this text.

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They are joined by butterflies, banksias and other garden life forms, which have been etched into the surface of her folk.

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Coming out of the banksias, we speed up in hopes of sighting him.

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The delicate position that fire holds in the ecology of the Australian bush is best illustrated by the relationship between it, banksias and the pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus).

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At the other extreme, remnants greater than 500 ha in area, containing several species of nectar-rich banksias, supported many species, and high densities, of typical heathland and bushland birds.