helipterum

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera, especially Pteropogon and Hyalosperma.

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• noun genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma