albizia

See also: Albizia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Albizia.

Noun

albizia (plural albizias)

  1. A plant of the genus Albizia; a siris or silk tree. [from 19th c.]
    • 2012, Lyn Mair, Lynnath Beckley, Seychelles: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 31:
      A wilt disease has spread among many of the large trees in the Seychelles with most of the sandragons and albizias being affected […] .
    • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 38:
      To visit Grandpa, Margio had to trudge up the hill through albizia trees and clove woods, on paths lined by mahogany trees, deep into the wild jungle known only to hunters.
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