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Silk tree

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albizia julibrissinAlbizia julibrissin, the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to southwestern and eastern Asia.
albizzia julibrissinnounattractive domed or flat-topped asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
silktreenounAlternative form of silk tree. [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.]
albizianounA plant of the genus Albizia; a siris or silk tree.
sirisnounAny tree of the genus Albizia.
mimosanounA cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.
red cotton treenounA silk-cotton tree.
silk-cotton treenounBombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
rain treenounA tropical American tree (Albizia saman) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle, also used as an ornamental.
mumiannounKapok.
kapok treenounCeiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
kapoknounA silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.
zamannounAlbizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
flea treenounThe tree Albizia lebbeck.
locust treenounA honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet, edible pulp.
pulasnounAlternative form of palas. [A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.]
tree of heavennounAn Asiatic tree (Ailanthus altissima) having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill-scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts.
silk oaknounAlternative form of silky oak. [(countable) Any of various trees and large shrubs in the family Proteaceae, especially Grevillea robusta or Cardwellia sublimis.]
silknounA fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
ceibanounAny tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.

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