Meanings
plural laburnums
- Any tree of the genus Laburnum.
The trees began to come fully alive. The larches and birches were covered with green, the laburnums with gold.
1950, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, published 19981 more example
[…] Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs[.]
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter I, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 1Synonyms: gold chain, golden chain, golden rain
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny tree of the genus Laburnum.
Origin
- Latinlaburnum
- Latinlaburnum
- Englishlaburnum
Borrowed from Latin laburnum.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian златен дъжд
- златен дъжд (zlaten dăžd)any tree of genus Laburnum
Chinese Mandarin 毒豆, 金鏈花 /金链花
- 毒豆 (dúdòu)any tree of genus Laburnum
- 金鏈花 /金链花 (jīnliànhuā)any tree of genus Laburnum
- 金急雨 (jīnjíyǔ)any tree of genus Laburnum
- 臘腸樹 /腊肠树 (làchángshù)any tree of genus Laburnum
Danish guldregn
- guldregnany tree of genus Laburnum
Finnish kultasadepensas, kultasade
- kultasadepensasany tree of genus Laburnum
- kultasadeany tree of genus Laburnum
French cytise, laburnum
- cytiseany tree of genus Laburnum
- laburnumany tree of genus Laburnum
German Goldregen
- Goldregenany tree of genus Laburnum
Hungarian aranyeső
- aranyesőany tree of genus Laburnum
Italian maggiociondolo, laburno
- maggiociondoloany tree of genus Laburnum
- laburnoany tree of genus Laburnum
Latin laburnum
- laburnumany tree of genus Laburnum
Polish złotokap, złotodeszcz
- złotokapany tree of genus Laburnum
- złotodeszczany tree of genus Laburnum
Russian раки́тник, золото́й дождь
- раки́тник (rakítnik)any tree of genus Laburnum
- золото́й дождь (zolotój doždʹ)any tree of genus Laburnum
Swedish gullregn
- gullregnany tree of genus Laburnum
Turkish sarısalkım
- sarısalkımany tree of genus Laburnum
Ukrainian золоти́й дощ
- золоти́й дощ (zolotyi doshch)any tree of genus Laburnum
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
laburnum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laburnum
“laburnum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laburnum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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