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
Translations
See also
- floss-silk tree (Ceiba speciosa, syn. Chorisia speciosa)
- silk-cotton tree (several species).
References
- Albizia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Albizia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Albizia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “silk tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.