Skip to main content
saman

saman

1 9.9
A large tropical tree with wide spreading branches and a big leafy top that gives much shade
  • noun
  • /səˈmæn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : saman
  • The saman produces clusters of flowers that attract many pollinators.

Examples

  • In the park, there are several beautiful saman trees surrounded by lush grass.

  • It's made of saman, raw.

  • samans that runs against the current.

  • The cows enjoyed resting in the shade of the large saman tree.

Synonyms

zaman
vssaman
  • US
1 9.9

A large tropical tree with feathery leaves, bright red flower clusters and seed pods cattle eat

is the same species but notes wide-spreading branches rather than ornament focus
monkey pod
vssaman
  • US
1 9.3

A large tropical tree with wide branches that give shade and seed pods eaten by animals

emphasizes natural wide branch spread and typical seed pods rather than cultivation
zamang
vssaman
  • US
9.9

A large tropical tree with round red flower clusters and wide shade

highlights broad spreading branches and seed pods eaten by cattle instead
rain tree
vssaman
  • Specialized
8.6

A large tropical tree with many small leaves, round pink flowers, and seed pods cattle eat

stresses the tree's wide crown and branch spread rather than only ornament
monkeypod
vssaman
  • US
9.9

A large tropical tree with feathery leaves, pink flower clusters, and seed pods that cattle eat

focuses more on the tree's wide-spreading branches than on naming
Albizia saman
vssaman
  • Specialized
9.9

A large tropical American tree with feathery leaves and red flowers, often called the rain tree

uses the common descriptive view emphasizing broad branches and cattle-eaten pods
saman tree
vssaman
  • US
9.2

A large tropical tree with a wide spreading top that gives shade and has pink or white flowers

specifies crimson-stamened globular clusters and seed pods eaten by cattle instead

Compounds

Albizia saman
  • Specialized
9.9

A large tropical American tree with feathery leaves and red flowers, often called the rain tree

9.2

A large tropical tree with a wide spreading top that gives shade and has pink or white flowers

Surface Forms

saman singular
samans plural

Etymology

The word saman comes from a local name used in Central and South America for this large tropical tree, and English kept that original name much like it kept banana from local languages. So saman still means the big 'shade' tree with wide branches and seed pods eaten by cattle.