Sĭl'ver-y, a.

adjective

a. [From silver.] 1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; white; of a mild luster.

*The enameled race whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. Pope.*

Sense 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

Sense 3. (Bot.) White tinged with bluish gray, and possessing a metallic luster. Henslow.