Leucadendron

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Leucadendron
       n : large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery
           white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with
           conspicuous silvery bracts [syn: {genus Leucadendron}]