whitebeam
Americannoun
noun
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a N temperate rosaceous tree, Sorbus aria, having leaves with dense white hairs on the undersurface and hard timber
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any of several similar and closely related trees
Etymology
Origin of whitebeam
Example Sentences
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It has been trying to restore the woodlands by introducing downy birch, sessile oak, hazel, willow, aspen and alder as well as endangered tree species such as Arran whitebeam.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
He is based in Gwynedd and has now joined the efforts to save the Menai whitebeam as well.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021
The Menai whitebeam grows in just one small section of steep coast along the Menai Straits.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021
There are only about 30 Menai whitebeam left - and they are all on a small stretch of coast between the Welsh mainland and Anglesey.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021
Budding, the service-tree, white Almost as whitebeam, threw, From the under of leaf upright, Flecks like a showering snow On the flame-shaped junipers green, On the sombre mounds of the yew.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
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