whitebeam
[hwahyt-beem, wahyt-]
- a European tree, Sorbus aria, of the rose family, having leathery leaves, showy, white flowers, and mealy, orange-red or scarlet fruit.
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"I will bury her beneath the whitebeam," said Antony, and he carried her thither.
The Worshipper of the ImageRichard Le Gallienne
Here, among the red fruit of rowan and whitebeam, the ring-ousel lingers on his southward journey.
In the West CountryFrancis A. Knight
A whitebeam at a little distance made a vivid conflagration of green amid the sombre boles of the pines.
The Worshipper of the ImageRichard Le Gallienne
As he neared the whitebeam, a gust of wind blew out his lantern, and he stood in the profound darkness of the trees.
The Worshipper of the ImageRichard Le Gallienne
whitebeam
- a N temperate rosaceous tree, Sorbus aria, having leaves with dense white hairs on the undersurface and hard timber
- any of several similar and closely related trees
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