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

And all amid this golden shower, The sweetest rosebud face Blossomed like a dew-fed flower Upon a stem of grace.

From The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Cory, Fanny Y.

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

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Higher still came dense shrubby growths, much of it thorny, seamed by our narrow trail, and threaded here and there by glowing fronds of golden shower orchids.

From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William

His schemes seemed to rain upon Paris a golden shower.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

Disappeared—Don Hedger was crouching on his knees, staring at the golden shower which poured in through the west windows, at the lake of gold sleeping on the faded Turkish carpet.

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert