silk tree

English

Noun

silk tree (plural silk trees)

an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizia julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms.

Synonyms

(Albizia julibrissin): silk flower, Persian silk tree

See also

floss-silk tree (Ceiba speciosa, syn. Chorisia speciosa)
silk-cotton tree (several species).

References

Albizia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Albizia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Albizia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
silk tree at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Kleister, triskele

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