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laburnum

[ luh-bur-nuhm ]

noun

  1. any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.


laburnum

/ ləˈbɜːnəm /

noun

  1. any leguminous tree or shrub of the Eurasian genus Laburnum, having clusters of yellow drooping flowers: all parts of the plant are poisonous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of laburnum1

1570–80; < New Latin, Latin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laburnum1

C16: New Latin, from Latin
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Example Sentences

In one corner stood a laburnum-tree, covered with yellow blossoms; under a tall elm near by was a rustic seat.

As blinds against the sun they have lattices of trees down every street—white-blossoming laburnum, poplars, sycamores.

Purple and crimson rhododendrons rose arrogantly, like rampant heraldic animals against their burning background of laburnum gold.

A thrush had begun to stir in the laburnum tree, and piped his fine mellow notes; and a blackbird answered from the elm opposite.

What charmed him most in his new residence was the garden "full of lilacs, laburnum, nightingales, and swallows."

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