Laburnum

Definition of laburnum:

part of speech: noun

A small tree with beautiful yellow flowers, a native of the Alps.

Usage examples for laburnum:

• Ronald wandered through the gardens; the delicate golden laburnum blossoms fell at his feet, and he sat down beneath a large acacia. "Dora Thorne", Charlotte M. Braeme.

• The laburnum tree represented their parliament- house. "The Eagle's Nest", S. E. Cartwright.

• The bursting bud of her healthful beauty, quickened by the shy radiance of her soul, shook the centres of her life, even as a laburnum tree mysteriously quivers when the golden rain is in act to break from the close- clustered dependent budlets. "The Lilac Sunbonnet", S.R. Crockett.

• From Miss Garth to Mrs. Laburnum is a far stretch of imitative talent for the interpretation of the woman nature that everybody, from Shakespeare down, has found it so difficult to treat. "Shadows of the Stage", William Winter.