1. A living fossil or so-called 'green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
   "Scientists were amazed to discover the green dinosaur surviving in the remote rainforest";
   - Bartle Frere, genus Bartle-Frere

Derived forms: green dinosaurs

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

Part of: family Proteaceae, protea family, Proteaceae