grevillea

/ ɡrəˈvɪljə /

noun

1. any of a large variety of evergreen trees and shrubs that comprise the genus Grevillea, native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Caledonia: family Proteaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of grevillea¹

named after C. F. Greville (1749–1809), a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society

Example Sentences

The Dandora school is also planting trees including jacaranda and grevillea.

From Seattle Times

It provides an indoor-outdoor experience where their kids can roam free in a drought-tolerant garden filled with sages, California poppies and grevillea, and they can spend time with the ones they love.

From Los Angeles Times

The program has also evaluated other landscape plants grown without irrigation, including manzanita, grevillea, rockrose and California lilac.

From Seattle Times

The perennial foliage is beautiful too, with plentiful heath banksia, grevillea, bottlebrush and a stand of slim-limbed eucalypts with lustrous silver bark.

From The Guardian

“Here’s another one that would be good, you could use it for screening,” she said, stopping next to a pointy-leafed grevillea in a pot.

From New York Times