silk tree

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of silk tree

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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silk tree

A floss silk tree towers over the Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

A floss silk tree towers over the Yamaguchi Bonzai Nursery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

McDonough is partial to the floss silk tree, which will soon be showing off with blooms like tiny orchids above a spiky trunk that looks positively Jurassic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

The biggest pink floss silk tree around — maybe 90 feet tall — is at the Bel-Air Hotel, planted there by Alphonzo Bell, the developer of Bel-Air, philanthropist, and one heck of a tennis player.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

The Dahomans worshiped snakes, a silk tree, a poison tree and a kind of ocean god whom they called Hu.

From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington