noun
large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
• Syn: ↑Leucadendron
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family
• Member Meronyms: ↑silver tree, ↑Leucadendron argenteum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.