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Definition of Siris tree
1. Noun. Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siris Tree
Literary usage of Siris tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All about Hawaii (1912)
"Of the shade trees that have been successfully used for street planting in
Honolulu, the following deserve special mention : Monkeypod, siris tree, ..."
2. The Stûpa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument Ornamented with Numerous by Alexander Cunningham (1879)
"The Wheat is represented standing in one of the bas-reliefs of the coping, where
it is being cut by a female.8 18. The siris tree, or Acacia ..."
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