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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a leguminous tree, Samanea saman, native to Central America and widely planted in the tropics for ornament. It has red-and-yellow feathery flowers and pinnate leaves whose leaflets close at the approach of rain

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rain tree - large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle

Albizia saman, monkey pod, monkeypod, saman, zaman, zamang

albizia, albizzia - any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia

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