laburnum

(lə bʉr′nəm)

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

Origin: ModL < L

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noun

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Laburnum, especially L. anagyroides, which is cultivated for its drooping clusters of yellow flowers.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Laburnum, genus name

Origin: , from Latin laburnum, broad-leaved bean-trefoil

Origin: , perhaps of Etruscan origin

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