单词 | golden shower tree |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden shower tree 4. More fully golden shower tree. The pudding pipe tree, Cassia fistula, native to tropical Asia, which has pendulous racemes of yellow flowers; (also) the blossom of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > other Asian trees or shrubs China-pea1660 pea tree1766 koelreuteria1789 stink-tree1795 ume1822 Java almond1824 weenonga1838 St. Thomas' tree1866 golden shower1882 Jew's mallow1884 mokihana1888 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > pudding-pipe tree fistulaa1382 cassia fistulaa1398 pudding-pipe tree1597 cassia-stick tree1756 golden shower1882 1882 Celebration Golden Wedding Dr. & Mrs. Lowell Smith 4 The happy couple stood under a green arch..from which depended a marriage bell covered with the flowers of the ‘Golden Shower’ tree. 1898 Proc. Sixteenth Ann. Meeting Mich. State Pharmaceut. Assoc. 126 Very conspicuous throughout the summer months is the tree known in Honolulu as the golden shower. 1953 D. Lessing Five i. 14 The other neighbour was a house whose walls were invisible under a mass of golden shower—thick yellow clusters, like smoky honey, dripped from roof to ground. 1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) viii. 75 The golden shower trees opened like Japanese fans. 2016 Bangkok Post (Nexis) 10 Apr. The trees commonly known as golden shower, or ratchapruek, are usually festooned with long strands of golden yellow flowers in April, when Songkran is celebrated. < as lemmas |
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