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zaman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /zəˈmɑn/
  • CMU ARPABET: Z EY1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rain tree, saman, monkeypod, monkey pod, zamang, Albizia saman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: albizzia, albizia

History

Etymology

From Cariban.