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silk tree
noun
- a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silk tree1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
The castor-oil plant has been introduced, but as yet the unprofitable silk-tree and the wild bushes are far more common.
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The Dahomans worshiped snakes, a silk tree, a poison tree and a kind of ocean god whom they called Hu.
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