silversword
nounUK /ˈsɪlvəsɔːd/
Etymology From silver + sword.
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: