silk tree

noun

a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Origin of silk tree

¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Also called mimosa.

Words Nearby silk tree

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How to use silk tree in a sentence

The castor-oil plant has been introduced, but as yet the unprofitable silk-tree and the wild bushes are far more common.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 | Various
The Dahomans worshiped snakes, a silk tree, a poison tree and a kind of ocean god whom they called Hu.
Negro Folk Rhymes | Thomas W. Talley

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