SILVERSWORD

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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

Synonyms:

Argyroxiphium sandwicense; silversword

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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