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Definition of Leucadendron
1. Noun. Large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Member holonyms: Leucadendron Argenteum, Silver Tree
Definition of Leucadendron
1. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
Definition of Leucadendron
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Leucadendron'' of evergreen shrubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Leucadendron
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucadendron
Literary usage of Leucadendron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Helena: a Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description of the by John Charles Melliss (1875)
"*P. leucadendron, Hk. ... Endl.; L. leucadendron, DC; Solidago leucadendron,
Forst.—Native " He- cabbage-tree;" a branching tree about twelve feet high, ..."
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