Definitions for Banksia

Banksia bank·si·a

Spelling: [bangk-see-uh]
IPA: /ˈbæŋk si ə/

Banksia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in Banksia (aabikns).

Definitions for Banksia

noun

  1. any Australian shrub or tree of the genus Banksia, having alternate leaves and dense, cylindrical flower heads.

Origin of Banksia

1782; New Latin; named after Sir Joseph Banks; see -ia

Examples for Banksia

It was scarcely possible to see more than fifty yards ahead of you, so thickly grew the banksia trees.

There are banksia bushes with their sawtooth-edge leaves and dried seed cones like multiple jabbering mouths.

Luckily he espied a banksia tree which seemed easy to ascend; but just as he reached it the bull was upon him.

In the valley I saw the banksia for the first time since we left the Lachlan.

We easily found a ford and, on proceeding, entered upon a tract of white sand where banksia and casuarinae were the chief trees.

The banksia, the casuarina, and the hardy xanthorrhoea reminded us of former toils on the opposite side of these ranges.

He sat down in the armchair just where he could smell the sweet-peas and the banksia roses.

She cut great sprays from the banksia rose and brought them back with her.

It was smothered in banksia roses, and it overlooked the sea.

As we passed through to supper, I plucked a spray of yellow banksia rose, and put it in my buttonhole.

Word Value for Banksia
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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