Any of a number of trees and shrubs considered either now or formerly to belong to the genus Albizia.
Origin
From the commonly used, but invalid Translingual taxonomic name Albizzia, a correction of Albizia to match Filippo degli Albizzi's name. Such corrections, however, are not allowed by the taxonomic rules.
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