English Dictionary

pagoda tree

noun

Styphnolobium japonicum, a tree in the pea family Fabaceae. / (India, archaic, colloquial) The opportunity to make money rapidly in British India.

The pagoda tree is a deciduous tree native to East Asia.

意味（1）

Styphnolobium japonicum, a tree in the pea family Fabaceae.

意味（2）

(India, archaic, colloquial) The opportunity to make money rapidly in British India.

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.