albizia

See also: Albizia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Albizia.

Noun

albizia (plural albizias)

1. A plant of the genus Albizia; a siris or silk tree. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Lyn Mair, Lynnath Beckley, Seychelles: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 31:

     A wilt disease has spread among many of the large trees in the Seychelles with most of the sandragons and albizias being affected […] .

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 38:

     To visit Grandpa, Margio had to trudge up the hill through albizia trees and clove woods, on paths lined by mahogany trees, deep into the wild jungle known only to hunters.