SILK TREE Definition & Meaning

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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Origin of silk tree¹

First recorded in 1850–55

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McDonough is partial to the floss silk tree, which will soon be showing off with blooms like tiny orchids above a spiky trunk that looks positively Jurassic.

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