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Noun: silk tree  silk tree
  1. Attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
    "The silk tree's delicate pink flowers swayed in the breeze";
    - Albizia julibrissin, Albizzia julibrissin

Derived forms: silk trees

Type of: albizia, albizzia

Encyclopedia: Silk tree