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]
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