silver-leaved, a.
Also -leafed.
[silver n. 17.]
Having silvery leaves.
| 1731 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Coronilla, Silver-leav'd..Colutea of Candia. 1822 Hortus Anglicus II. 231 A. Barba Jovis. Silver-leaved Anthyllis, or Jupiter's Beard. 1831 Tennyson in Gem 131 With..drooping daffodilly, And silver-leaved lily,..I wove a crown. 1881 Gentl. Mag. Jan. 66 The silver-leafed variety [of iron-bark trees] is more ornamental than useful. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Plants 492 Eucalyptus melanophloia,..Silver-leaved Ironbark. |