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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''[[Celeb]]'' is Sindarin for "silver", while ''[[orn]]'' is "tree"; thus, the name can be taken to mean "silver tree".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>{{fact}}<!--Appendix only sources the first half of this sentence, not the second-->
''[[Celeb]]'' is Sindarin for "silver", while ''[[orn]]'' is "tree"; its name means "Tree of Silver".<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>


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Revision as of 21:15, 30 June 2020

The name White Tree refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see White Tree (disambiguation).

Celeborn was the name of the White Tree that flourished in Tol Eressëa. It was a seedling of the tree Galathilion, which in turn had been made in image of Telperion, the eldest of the Two Trees of Valinor.[1]

Celeborn was an ancestor to the White Trees of Númenor[2] and of Gondor.[3]

Etymology

Celeb is Sindarin for "silver", while orn is "tree"; its name means "Tree of Silver".[4][5]

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