silverboom

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silverboom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Silverboom \Sil"ver*boom`\, n. [D. zilver silver + boom tree.]
     (Bot.)
     See Leucadendron.
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  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.
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