Silk tree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
    Albizzia julibrissin; Albizia julibrissin.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizzia Julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called silk flower.

Webster 1913