Definition of "monkeypod" []

• Albizia saman, a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics. (noun)

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• "So what looked like a charming island inn with a swinging sign and a monkeypod tree in front was in fact a fairly ugly thirty-five-yearold hotel, twelve stories high, with a roof garden (potted palms, patio furniture, cork tiles) where guests seldom went, because it was the thirteenth floor."
• "As at the Hotel Honolulu there was a monkeypod tree in front of the house, with clumps of tangled orchids clinging to its trunk."
• "He took out his notebook and looked at his opening: _Nestled behind its signature monkeypod tree just two blocks from the beach, one of the last family-owned hotels, where brunch is a Honolulu tradition, the Hotel Honolulu is one of Waikiki's best kept secrets."