rain tree

noun

monkeypod.

Origin of rain tree

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby rain tree

rain on one's parade, rain or shine, rain out, rain shadow, rain shower, rain tree, rainband, rainbird, rainbow, rainbow bird, rainbow bridge

Example sentences from the Web for rain tree

  • A copious production of honeydew by plant lice, scale insects, etc., may be at the bottom of some of the rain-tree stories.

    Meteorology |Charles Fitzhugh Talman

British Dictionary definitions for rain tree

rain tree

noun

a leguminous tree, Samanea saman, native to Central America and widely planted in the tropics for ornament. It has red-and-yellow feathery flowers and pinnate leaves whose leaflets close at the approach of rain