(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 ]
n. [ Leuc- + aniline. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts. [ 1913 Webster ]