Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pagoda tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: pago-da tree
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Styphnolobium japonicum, a tree in the pea family Fabaceae.

noun

The opportunity to make money rapidly in British India.

Indian usage; Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"India has been transferred from the regions of romance to the realms of fact […] the mines of Golconda no longer pay the cost of working, and the pagoda-tree has been stripped of all its golden fruit."
"It might be mistaken […] for the work of some modern architect, built for the Nabob of a couple of generations back, who had enriched himself when the pagoda-tree was worth the shaking."

Etymology

(source of wealth): See pagoda (“a kind of gold coin”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pagoda trees (plural)

Phrases

shake the pagoda tree

Synonyms

Chinese scholar tree Japanese pagoda tree temple tree plumeria acutifolia west indian jasmine plumeria alba

Questions

What does pagoda tree mean?: Styphnolobium japonicum, a tree in the pea family Fabaceae.
Where does pagoda tree come from?: (source of wealth): See pagoda (“a kind of gold coin”).

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