Laburnum Definition

lə-bûrnəm
noun
Any of a genus (Laburnum) of small, poisonous trees and shrubs of the pea family, with three-part leaves and drooping racemes of yellow flowers.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Laburnum
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Genisteae — laburnums, the golden chains.

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Noun

Singular:
laburnum
Plural:
laburnums

Origin of Laburnum

  • New Latin Laburnum genus name from Latin laburnum broad-leaved bean-trefoil perhaps of Etruscan origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Laburnum Sentence Examples

  • It grows 5 to 6 feet high, and sometimes is grafted onto a tall stems of Laburnum.

  • Elongated form(Raceme), Hyacinth, Laburnum,Currant.

  • Of these the most remarkable example is Cytisus Adami, a tree which year after year produces some shoots, foliage and flowers like those of the common laburnum, others like those of the very different looking dwarf shrub C. purpureus, and others again intermediate between these.

  • In Mr Waterers nursery at Knap Hill it has been trained up Laburnum trees.

  • However, trees in parks and gardens can also be colonized, including japonica, walnut, cotoneaster and laburnum in Herefordshire.

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