What is another word for laburnum?

Pronunciation: [lˈabɜːnəm] (IPA)

Laburnum is a yellow-flowering tree that belongs to the pea family. It is also known as golden chain, bean tree, and cytisus laburnum. The term golden chain is derived from the cascading chains of yellow flowers that the tree produces in late spring. The name bean tree refers to the beans that are produced in the tree's distinctive black pods. The black pods of the laburnum tree are sometimes called peapods and horsebeans. Cytisus laburnum, the scientific name of the species, is also used to refer to laburnum trees in botanical context. Other synonyms for laburnum include Scotch laburnum, alpine laburnum, and false indigo.

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Usage examples for Laburnum

And it immediately struck him that his mother had often desired to know how Mrs. Adams fed her swans, and also that she had wished for some seeds from her laburnum trees.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
Then he began to doubt whether his mother was on sufficient terms of intimacy to warrant his speaking about the swans and laburnum seeds-in short, the visit that had seemed so natural and proper when he first conceived it, assumed, on reflection, an aspect of difficulty and almost of impropriety.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
I am on my pretty red sofa looking out from my middle window in lazy luxury at oak, ivy, hawthorn, laburnum, and blue sky; not very much to be pitied, am I?
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond

Related words: laburnum tree, laburnum flowers, laburnum plant, golden laburnum, laburnum house, laburnum seeds

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