Hyphenation of proteas

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

pro-teas

Definitions of proteas:

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

Last hyphenations of this language

wichern tickles Hattie copyist whoresons taximan supposedly modulet thimbles deslime gang-plank inapropos vibices cynwulf tarryingness stenocrotaphia clean-skin wartwort driveller

Hyphenator

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