hakea

American  

[hey-kee-uh, hah-] / ˈheɪ ki ə, ˈhɑ- /

noun

1. any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Hakea, native to Australia, having evergreen, pinnate leaves and clusters of variously colored flowers.

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hakea British  

/ ˈheɪkɪə, ˈhɑːkɪə /

noun

1. any shrub or tree of the Australian genus Hakea, having a hard woody fruit and often yielding a useful wood: family Proteaceae

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Etymology

Origin of hakea

< New Latin (1798) named after Christian Ludwig von Hake (1745–1818), German horticulturist; see -a ²

Example Sentences

In the spectral beam of the truck’s lights against the dark, the canted succulents and bowed branches of hakea trees looked like the waving spindles of a deep-sea reef.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

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.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

The vegetation on this part of the country was reduced to a few stunted gum-trees, hakea bushes, and triodia, the whole extremely barren in appearance.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles

While on the sand hills, the general covering of which was spinifex, there were a few hakea and low shrubs.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles

It was surrounded on all sides by sand hills of a fiery red, and not even a stunted hakea was to be seen.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles