silk tree
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (Albizia julibrissin): silk flower, Persian silk tree
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
- floss-silk tree (Ceiba speciosa, syn. Chorisia speciosa)
- silk-cotton tree (several species).
References[edit]
Albizia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Albizia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Albizia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “silk tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
