zaman n 1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle [syn: {rain tree}, {saman}, {monkeypod}, {monkey pod}, {zaman}, {zamang}, {Albizia saman}]
zaman \za"man\, n. (Bot.) A large ornamental tropical American tree ({Albizia saman}) with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle. Syn: rain tree, saman, monkeypod, monkey pod, zamang. [WordNet 1.5]