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protea
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protea
any shrub or small tree of the genus Protea, of tropical and southern Africa, having flowers with coloured bracts arranged in showy heads: family Proteaceae

protea
of South Africa. [Flower Symbolism: WB, 7: 264]


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Proteas openers Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman smashed the ball all around the ground and Sporting were hit similarly hard by runs buyers.
This will be particularly true in the batting department, where several Proteas stars boasted imperious statistics from the just-finished IPL: There were four of them among the top 11 run-scorers at the IPL.
2/27/2009 5:56:30 PM Australia batted to a dominant position with a first-innings total of 466 in the first test against South Africa, and then took two Proteas wickets in four balls to ram home the advantage.
 
 
 
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