laburnum
/ləˈbɜːnəm/US/ləˈbɝnəm/
laburnum noun: any tree of the genus Laburnum.
Noun
laburnum (plural laburnums)
- 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[.]1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter I, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 1
- The trees began to come fully alive. The larches and birches were covered with green, the laburnums with gold.1950, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, published 1998
- Synonyms:
- gold chain, golden chain, golden rain
laburnum meaning in Tamil
laburnum in Tamil
- கொன்றை, கவுசி, கவுதி, இலபனும்
Synonyms of laburnum
Forms of laburnum
| plural | laburnums |
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Origin of laburnum
Borrowed from Latin laburnum.
Words formed from laburnum
Questions about laburnum
- What does laburnum mean?
- Laburnum means any tree of the genus Laburnum.
- What is laburnum in Tamil?
- Laburnum in Tamil is கொன்றை, கவுசி, கவுதி. See Laburnum meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is laburnum?
- Laburnum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce laburnum?
- Laburnum is pronounced /ləˈbɝnəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of laburnum?
- The plural of laburnum is laburnums.
Words near laburnum in the dictionary
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