sad tree

noun

night jasmine (def. 1).

Origin of sad tree

¹

1865–70; translation of New Latin arbor tristis

Words Nearby sad tree

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How to use sad tree in a sentence

The willow has ever been a sad tree, whereof such as have lost their love make their mourning garlands.
Chats on Old Earthenware | Arthur Hayden
Willows: a sad tree, whereof such who have lost their love make their mourning garlands.
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I | Edmund Spenser

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