HyperDic: silversword

English > 1 sense of the word silversword:
NOUNplantsilversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicenselow-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
English > silversword: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglow-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem.
SynonymArgyroxiphium sandwicense
Member ofArgyroxiphium, genus Argyroxiphiumsmall genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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