'Leucadendron' definitions:

Definition of 'Leucadendron'

From: WordNet
noun
Large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts [syn: Leucadendron, genus Leucadendron]

Definition of 'Leucadendron'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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