whitebeam

[ hwahyt-beem, wahyt- ]

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noun

a European tree, Sorbus aria, of the rose family, having leathery leaves, showy, white flowers, and mealy, orange-red or scarlet fruit.

whitebeam

/ ˈwaɪtˌbiːm /

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

First recorded in 1695–1705; white + beam

Here, among the red fruit of rowan and whitebeam, the ring-ousel lingers on his southward journey.

A whitebeam at a little distance made a vivid conflagration of green amid the sombre boles of the pines.

As he neared the whitebeam, a gust of wind blew out his lantern, and he stood in the profound darkness of the trees.

"I will bury her beneath the whitebeam," said Antony, and he carried her thither.

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