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SILVER TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian timber tree

Synonyms:

silver tree; Tarrietia argyrodendron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silver tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("silver tree" is a member of...):

genus Tarrietia; Tarrietia (small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage

Synonyms:

Leucadendron argenteum; silver tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silver tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("silver tree" is a member of...):

genus Leucadendron; Leucadendron (large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts)

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