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Leucadendron

noun

large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts

• Syn: ↑genus Leucadendron

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family

• Member Meronyms: ↑silver tree, ↑Leucadendron argenteum

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\\ˌlükəˈdendrən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, fromleuca- (irregular from Greek leukos white) + -dendron

: a large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs (family Proteaceae) native to the Cape of Good Hope that have silvery white leaves and dioecious capitate flowers — see silver tree

Useful english dictionary. 2012.