SILVERSWORD

 Dictionary entry overview: What does silversword mean? 

• SILVERSWORD (noun)
  The noun SILVERSWORD has 1 sense:

1. low-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

  Familiarity information: SILVERSWORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVERSWORD (noun)

Meaning:

Low-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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Argyroxiphium sandwicense; silversword

Hypernyms ("silversword" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("silversword" is a member of...):

Argyroxiphium; genus Argyroxiphium (small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs)