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Definition of Silver tree
1. Noun. Small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage.
Group relationships: Genus Leucadendron, Leucadendron
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Australian timber tree.
Group relationships: Genus Tarrietia, Tarrietia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Tree
Literary usage of Silver tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Celtic Magazine by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain (1888)
"THERE was before this a king who had a wife, whose name was Silver-tree, ...
On a certain day of the days, Gold-tree and Silver-tree went to a glen, ..."
2. A visit to the South seas, in the United States ship Vincennes, during by Charles Samuel Stewart (1832)
"The silver tree.— Upper Constantia, —Lower Constantia.—Ride to Protea.—Family of
the Governor.—Lady Frances Cole.—Lady Catharine Bell. ..."
3. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"CHAPTER VI. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Aspect and Formation of the Country. Simons Bay.
Appearance of the Vegetation. The Road to Cape Town. The silver tree. ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"I give below a summary of the tale, " Gold-tree and Silver-tree," with the more
important passages in full. Silver-tree, the wife, is jealous of Gold-tree, ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"When mercury is left for a considerable time at the bottom of a tolerably dilute
solution of silver, the silver-tree first formed sometimes disappears again ..."
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