protea mellifera

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Protea mellifera
    n 1: Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously [syn:
         {honeyflower}, {honey-flower}, {Protea mellifera}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

honeyflower \honeyflower\, honey flower \honey flower\n.
   1. (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub ({Lambertia formosa}) of
      eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers
      yielding much nectar.

   Syn: mountain devil, {Lambertia formosa}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Bot.) The Australian shrub ({Protea mellifera}) whose
      flowers yield honey copiously.

   Syn: {Protea mellifera}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. (Bot.), An evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a
      native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much
      honey.
      [1913 Webster]