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silverswords

silverswords is the plural of silversword.

Meaning of silversword

Noun

silversword (plural silverswords)

  1. 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

Questions about silverswords

What is silverswords the plural of?
Silverswords is the plural of silversword.

Words near silverswords in the dictionary

  1. Silversteinian
  2. Silversteins
  3. silverstone
  4. Silverstream
  5. silversword
  6. silverswords
  7. silvertail
  8. silvertails
  9. Silverthorn
  10. Silverthorne
  11. Silverthornes

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