waratah

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The waratah is of a brilliant red colour, growing single and stately on a high stalk.

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  1. A stout erect Australian shrub, Telopea speciosissima, also T. oreades, of the Proteaceæ, bearing dense heads, some 3 inches broad, of brilliant crimson flowers. It is sometimes grown in greenhouses, but is not easily cultivated.
  2. A variety of the common camellia, with flowers resembling those of Anemone; anemone-flowered camellia.

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  • An introduction to an Australian home -- Off to a picnic -- The wattle, the gum, the waratah -- The joys of the forest. —  Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
  • The waratah is of a brilliant red colour, growing single and stately on a high stalk. —  Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
  • United States jenny and simon waratah, New South Wales —  Kiva Loans
  • That is exciting enough to take attention away even from the oysters, for the waratah, the handsomest wildflower of the world, is becoming rare around the cities. —  Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
  • The waratah is not at all a dainty, fragile flower, but a solid mass of bloom like the vegetable cauliflower; indeed, if you imagine a cauliflower of a vivid red colour, about the size of a pear and the shape of a heart, growing on a stalk six feet high, you will have some idea of the waratah. —  Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
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