Hyphenation of protea

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word protea? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-tea

Definitions of protea:

1.	Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

Synonyms of protea:

noun	shrub, bush

Last hyphenations of this language

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