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laburnum

/luh-bur-nuhm/US // ləˈbɜr nəm //UK // (ləˈbɜːnəm) //

白头翁,马褂木,唇形树,唇形花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

Examples

  • 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."