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

The pocket was full of gold pieces, shining half-eagles, which fell about me in a golden shower, and made me cry out with amazement; but this was not all!

From The Green Satin Gown by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

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

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

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Above them, from a tree glorious with sunshine, fell a golden shower of autumn leaves.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various

He was considered a man of so great consequence, that his levee was constantly crowded by persons of eminence, who flocked to Paris to partake of the golden shower.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous