资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jupiter \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See {Jove}.]
   1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and
      reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He
      corresponds to the Greek Zeus.

   2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the brightest except
      Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter
      being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in
      4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun,
      the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.

   {Jupiter's beard}. (Bot.)
      (a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
          blossoms ({Centranthus ruber}).
      (b) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum}); -- so called
          from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
          beard of Jove. --Prior.
      (c) the cloverlike {Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}.

   {Jupiter's staff} (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
      from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms.

Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
      leaf; a silver cup.

   2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
      (a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.'' --Shak.

                Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
                downy breast.                     --Milton.
      (b) Precious; costly.
      (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
          voices.'' --Spenser.
      (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.''
          --Spenser.

   {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
      {Balsam}.

   {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
      the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
      of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
      the previous golden age, so-called.

   {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
      ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in
      clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

   {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
      Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
      

   {Silver chub} (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.

   {Silver eel}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The cutlass fish.
      (b) A pale variety of the common eel.

   {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata})
      found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
      Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
      feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
      

   {Silver foil}, foil made of silver.

   {Silver fox} (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
      vulpes}, variety {argenteus}) found in the northern parts
      of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,
      with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also
      {black fox}, and {silver-gray fox}.

   {Silver gar}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Billfish}
      (a) .

   {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
      tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
      exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
      they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
      pine, cherry, etc.

   {Silver grebe} (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
      Illust. under {Diver}.

   {Silver hake} (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.

   {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
      thin.

   {Silver lunge} (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.

   {Silver moonfish}.(Zo["o]l.) See {Moonfish}
      (b) .

   {Silver moth} (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.

   {Silver owl} (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.

   {Silver perch} (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.

   {Silver pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
      the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or
      less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
      species ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China.

   {Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Anthyllis barba-jovis
     n : silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale
         yellow flowers [syn: {Jupiter's beard}, {silverbush}, {silver-bush}]