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Definition of Rain tree
1. Noun. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
Generic synonyms: Albizia, Albizzia
Definition of Rain tree
1. Noun. an ornamental tropical American tree (of uncertain taxonomy) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain Tree
Literary usage of Rain tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"THE RAIN-TREE OF MOYOBAMBA COME little while since a paragraph went the round
of »Э the ... The Tamia-caspi, or rain tree of the Eastern Peruvian Andes, ..."
2. The Indian Forester (1895)
"The rain tree for Avenues. In the Tindivanam Taluk of South Arcot District ...
Elsewhere, too, I have observed the rain-tree growing vigorously on the bunds ..."
3. The Indian Forester (1896)
"The rain tree for Avenues. In the Tindivanam Taluk of South Arcot District ...
Elsewhere, too, I have observed the rain-tree growing vigorously on the bunds ..."
4. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"rain tree. A more or less mythical tree said to flourish most exuberantly in Peru.
It is thus described in a Spanish paper: The rain tree of Peru grows very ..."
5. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"rain tree. A more or less mythical tree said to flourish most exuberantly in Peru.
It is thus described in a Spanish paper: The rain tree of Peru grows very ..."
6. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"rain tree. A more or less mythical tree said to flourish ... It is thus described
in a Spanish paper: The rain tree of Peru grows very large, ..."
7. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"rain tree. A more or less mythical tree said to flourish most exuberantly in Peru.
It is thus described in a Spanish paper: The rain tree of Peru grows very ..."