Definition of "hakea" []

• A large Australian genus of plants, belonging to the follicular section of the Proteaceæ, tribe Grevilleeæ, and distinguished from Grevillea by its axillary inflorescence and samaroid seeds. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "We have not seen a drop of water on the surface; the ground evidently absorbs all that falls; the scrub is principally the mulga and hakea bushes and acacia, with a few other small bushes, but very little salt bush."
• "I then changed to the north-west again, through a scrubby country — mulga, acacia, hakea, salt bush, and numerous others, with a plentiful supply of grass."
• "Kasrils, whose department operates the programme, said the intensity of the fires correlated strongly with the presence of invading aliens such as wattles, gums and hakea from Australia, and pines from Europe and North America."