HyperDic: leucadendron

English > 1 sense of the word Leucadendron:
NOUNplantLeucadendron, genus Leucadendronlarge genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
English > Leucadendron: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts.
Synonymgenus Leucadendron
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Memberssilver tree, Leucadendron argenteumsmall South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus leucadendron, leucadendron
Catalangenus leucadendron, leucadendron

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