'Silverboom' definitions:

Definition of 'Silverboom'

From: GCIDE
  • Silverboom \Sil"ver*boom`\, n. [D. zilver silver + boom tree.] (Bot.) See Leucadendron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'silverboom'

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]