laburnum

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laburnum

  • /ləˈbɝnəm/ US
  • /ləˈbɜːnəm/ UK

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Borrowed from Latin laburnum.

noun laburnums

  1. Any tree of the genus Laburnum. […] Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs[.]

    Similar: gold chain, golden chain, golden rain

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noun any tree of genus Laburnum

中文毒豆 dúdòu, 金鏈花 /金链花 jīnliànhuā, 金急雨 jīnjíyǔ, 臘腸樹 /腊肠树 làchángshù
Françaiscytise, laburnum
DeutschGoldregen
Italianomaggiociondolo, laburno
Русскийраки́тник rakítnik, золото́й дождь zolotój doždʹ

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"laburnum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laburnum. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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laburnum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laburnum

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"laburnum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laburnum.

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@misc{laburnum_2026,
  title = {laburnum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laburnum},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}