Celeborn (White Tree)

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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"; thus, the name means "silver tree".<ref name=SApp>

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