"rain tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rain trees [plural]
Etymology: So called from the belief that it exudes water from its leaflets. Head templates: {{en-noun}} rain tree (plural rain trees)
  1. A tropical American tree (Albizia saman) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle, also used as an ornamental. Categories (lifeform): Legumes, Mimosa subfamily plants Synonyms (Albizia saman): acacia, algarrobo, cow bean tree, cow tamarind, giant thibet, monkey pod, saman tree, guango Translations (Albizia saman): sadepuu (Finnish), Regenbaum [masculine] (German), regnträd [neuter] (Swedish), தூங்குமூஞ்சி (tūṅkumūñci) (Tamil), నిద్ర గన్నేరు (nidra gannēru) (Telugu), ก้ามปู (gâam-bpuu) (Thai), จามจุรี (jaam-jù-rii) (Thai), ฉำฉา (chàa-chǎa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-rain_tree-en-noun-UK8SPC~E Disambiguation of Legumes: 35 7 26 31 Disambiguation of Mimosa subfamily plants: 37 4 27 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 33 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 1 30 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 1 36 31 Disambiguation of 'Albizia saman': 69 0 15 16 Disambiguation of 'Albizia saman': 69 0 15 16
  2. Philenoptera violacea (apple-leaf), native to Africa. Synonyms (Philenoptera violacea): Kalahari apple-leaf, apple-leaf Translations (Philenoptera violacea): appelblaar (Afrikaans), Philenoptera violacea -puu (Finnish), Apfelblattbaum [masculine] (German), omupanda (Herero), Philenoptera violacea-träd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rain_tree-en-noun-v89zQlEu Disambiguation of 'Philenoptera violacea': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Philenoptera violacea': 0 100 0 0
  3. Brunfelsia spp. Categories (lifeform): Legumes, Mimosa subfamily plants Synonyms: yesterday-today-tomorrow, lady of the night
    Sense id: en-rain_tree-en-noun-T3HBC~ps Disambiguation of Legumes: 35 7 26 31 Disambiguation of Mimosa subfamily plants: 37 4 27 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 33 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 1 36 31
  4. Golden rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) Categories (lifeform): Legumes, Mimosa subfamily plants Synonyms: rain-tree, raintree
    Sense id: en-rain_tree-en-noun-1TbJoBTW Disambiguation of Legumes: 35 7 26 31 Disambiguation of Mimosa subfamily plants: 37 4 27 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 33 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 1 36 31

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