monkeypod — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Albizia saman, a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics.

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   Tears filled the eyes of some of the people heading to work that morning who heard the strains of music in the deposed queen's harden, among its tamarind and monkeypod trees.

2. Couroupita nicaraguarensis (syn. Lecythis nicaraguarensis) (coco de mono)

3. Lecythis ollaria (coco de mono)

4. Pithecellobium dulce (blackbead)

5. Senna petersiana (dwarf cassia)

Noun

1. large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle

   Synonyms

   rain treesamanmonkey podzamanzamangAlbizia saman

   Broader terms

   albizziaalbizia