SILVERSWORD


Meaning of SILVERSWORD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsil-vər-ˌsȯrd ]

noun

Date: 1856

: a long-lived composite plant ( Argyroxiphium sandwicense ) of Maui and Hawaii that has a rosette of lanceolate leaves covered with silvery hairs and that dies after producing a very tall raceme of numerous usually purplish or reddish flowers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.