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
- : 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."
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