golden shower

American  

noun

1. a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of golden shower

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

All the details of events leading through the long Summer and Autumn days of 1872 up to the hour when the golden shower began to fall on us are of intense, almost dramatic, interest.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin

The blaze melted the plates of the roof in a golden shower above me.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

For the present there could be no thought of marrying, but they would wait till their hopes were partly realized, and the golden shower should begin.

From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir

Higher still came dense shrubby growths, much of it thorny, seamed by our narrow trail, and threaded here and there by glowing fronds of golden shower orchids.

From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William

Even after the tree has cast down its golden shower of the finest product, the gathering, washing and drying makes for the sweetness of the nut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association