silk tree

English

Noun

silk tree (plural silk trees)

1. 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

Translations

Translations

• Korean: 자귀나무 (ko) (jagwinamu)

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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Kleister, triskele