golden shower

American  

noun

1. a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of golden shower

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

When he had finished the sun still poured its golden shower into the room.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

We are told that Zeus assumed the form of an eagle, a serpent, and a golden shower; yet these forms do not affect our belief in the invisible god.

From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Then abed, from this sad hour, I'll not rise, though all should ring, Till a heavy golden shower Through the roof comes pattering.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

Loose the tired steer and let him go To pasture where the gentians blow, And we, who till the grateful ground, Fling we the golden shower around.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

Down dropped Flaxie’s head in grandma’s lap, her hair falling over grandma’s black silk apron in a golden shower.

From The Twin Cousins by May, Sophie