leucadendron

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leucadendron - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leucadendron \Leu`ca*den"dron\ (l[=u]`k[.a]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.)
     A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope,
     having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the
     silverboom of the colonists.
     [1913 Webster]

leucadendron - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Leucadendron
      n 1: large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery
           white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous
           silvery bracts [syn: Leucadendron, genus Leucadendron]