Meanings
nounsilversword (plural silverswords)
plural silverswords
- Any member of the genus Argyroxiphium of flowering plants native to Hawaii, with long, narrow leaves sometimes covered in silvery hairs.
It takes the silversword twenty years to screw up the energy for its final floral pyrotechnic.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlow-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
Similar
Argyroxiphium sandwicense
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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“silversword.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silversword. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silversword,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silversword.
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