silverweed

A noun referring to a group of plants, including twining shrubs with silvery leaves and showy purple flowers, as well as a low-growing perennial with silvery leaf undersides found in northern regions.

• 🇩🇪Bezeichnung für mehrere Pflanzen: zum einen für kriechende Sträucher mit silbrigen Blättern und leuchtend purpurfarbenen Blüten, zum anderen für eine niedrige mehrjährige Pflanze mit silbriger Blattunterseite, die in nördlichen Regionen vorkommt.

1. Twining shrub C1 formal

   Any of various climbing shrubs from the genus Argyreia, characterized by silvery leaves and attractive purple flowers.

   • The silverweed in the garden displayed beautiful purple blooms.
   • Botanists studied the silverweed's unique silvery foliage.
   • Argyreia silverweed is native to tropical regions.

   🇩🇪Windendes Gehölz

2. Low-growing perennial C1 formal

   A low-growing perennial plant with leaves that are silvery on the underside, found in northern United States, Europe, and Asia.

   • Silverweed grows abundantly in the meadows of northern Europe.
   • The silvery underside of its leaves makes silverweed easy to identify.
   • Hikers often spot silverweed along trails in Asia.

   🇩🇪Gänsefingerkraut

   Synonyme: goose grassgoose-tansy

• silverweeds plural form
• silverweeds' possessive plural form
• silverweed's possessive singular form