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    ALBIZIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous trees of the genus Albiziaplay

    Synonyms:

    albizia; albizzia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("albizia" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "albizia"):

    Albizia julibrissin; Albizzia julibrissin; silk tree (attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens)

    Albizia lebbeck; Albizzia lebbeck; siris; siris tree (large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind)

    Albizia saman; monkey pod; monkeypod; rain tree; saman; zaman; zamang (large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle)

    Holonyms ("albizia" is a member of...):

    genus Albizia; genus Albizzia (large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics)

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