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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANKSIA , an Australian genus of shrubs and trees (natural See also:

order Proteaceae), with leathery leaves often deeply cut and handsome dense spikes of See also:flowers. It is named after See also:Sir See also:Joseph See also:Banks (q.v.). The See also:plants are grown in See also:England for their handsome foliage as See also:evergreen greenhouse shrubs.

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