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- noun Plural form of
banksia .
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Examples
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Nature was reviving; and among the evergreen foliage of the coniferae which formed the border of the wood, already appeared the young leaves of the banksias, deodars, and other trees.
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The limpid waters of the Red Creek flowed under an arch of casuannas, banksias, and gigantic gum-trees.
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The limpid waters of the Red Creek flowed under an arch of casuannas, banksias, and gigantic gum-trees.
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Nature was reviving; and among the evergreen foliage of the coniferae which formed the border of the wood, already appeared the young leaves of the banksias, deodars, and other trees.
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Our route to-day lay through a country much covered with gum-scrub, banksias, and other shrubs, besides occasionally a few patches of stunted gum-trees growing in clumps in small hollows, where water appeared to lodge after rains.
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They were white cluster roses and yellow banksias, which had strayed far along the balustrade, clambering among the stone pillars.
The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird
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The day's stage about 10 miles N.N.W. Some banksias, currijong, and stringy-bark were noticed to-day, the latter is not a common timber in the northern districts.
Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Frank Jardine 1880
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-- Our route to-day lay through a country much covered with gum-scrub, banksias, and other shrubs, besides occasionally a few patches of stunted gum-trees growing in clumps in small hollows, where water appeared to lodge after rains.
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-- Our route to-day lay through a country much covered with gum-scrub, banksias, and other shrubs, besides occasionally a few patches of stunted gum-trees growing in clumps in small hollows, where water appeared to lodge after rains.
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Roses were here too – the air was full of the sweetness of damask and Bourbon varieties – and a few beautiful banksias, happily placed, contrasted without interfering with them.
Queechy 1854
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