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Noun: silversword
  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
    - Argyroxiphium sandwicense

Derived forms: silverswords

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Argyroxiphium, genus Argyroxiphium

Encyclopedia: Silversword

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