silver bell tree

  • 1Silver-bell tree — Silver Sil ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. Silver hair. Shak. [1913 Webster] Others, on silver lakes and… …

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  • 2silver-bell tree — noun medium sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas • Syn: ↑silverbell tree, ↑snowdrop tree, ↑opossum wood, ↑Halesia carolina, ↑Halesia tetraptera • Hypernyms: ↑silver bell * * * …

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  • 3silver bell — ☆ silver bell n. any of a genus (Halesia) of small trees of the storax family, with drooping, bell shaped, white flowers, native to the E U.S. and to China: also silver bell tree [sil′ver bel΄] …

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  • 4silver bell — noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell shaped flowers • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑silver bell tree, ↑silverbell tree, ↑snowdrop tree, ↑opossum wood, ↑ …

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  • 5silver bell — any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell shaped flowers. Also called silver bell tree. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 6silver bell — sil′ver bell′ n. pln any North American shrub or small tree of the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white bell shaped flowers. Also called sil′ver bell′ tree …

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  • 7bell tree — noun : silver bell …

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  • 8sil|ver-bell tree — silver bell, or sil|ver bell tree «SIHL vuhr BEHL», a small North American tree, related to the storax, often grown for its white, bell shaped flowers …

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  • 9Silver tree — Silver Sil ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. Silver hair. Shak. [1913 Webster] Others, on silver lakes and… …

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  • 10Silver — Sil ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. Silver hair. Shak. [1913 Webster] Others, on silver lakes and rivers,… …

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