albizia
See also: Albizia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from translingual Albizia.
Noun
[edit]albizia (plural albizias)
- 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.