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albizzia

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n.1.any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Albizia, of the legume family.
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Noun1.albizzia - any of numerous trees of the genus Albiziaalbizzia - any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
genus Albizia, genus Albizzia - large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
Albizia julibrissin, Albizzia julibrissin, silk tree - attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
Albizia lebbeck, Albizzia lebbeck, siris, siris tree - large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind
Albizia saman, monkey pod, monkeypod, rain tree, saman, zaman, zamang - large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms


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All you need to take the edge off of life is natural albizzia flowers.
The most common species are honeyeaters, which feed on the nectar from the albizzia trees, brush cuckoo, brown-breasted gerygone, black-headed whistler and the superb and raggiana bird of paradise, which is the national emblem of Papua New Guinea and is depicted on Sigri coffee sacks.
 
 
 
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