Banksia
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
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Etymology
Named after the English botanist Sir Joseph Banks who collected the first specimens of the genus on his 1770 voyage to Australia with Captain James Cook. First published in 1782 by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. Earlier, in 1775, Forster & Forster had proposed the name Banksia for the genus now called Pimelia, but Linnaeus' use was accepted (Reference: wikipedia article).
Proper noun
Banksia
- a botanical name for a genus in family Proteaceae - the banksias.