(n) large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts, Syn. genus Leucadendron
‖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 ]