- flame tree
- noun1. tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery• Syn:• Hypernyms: ↑acacia• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Acacia2. south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers• Hypernyms: ↑bottle-tree, ↑bottle tree3. north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves• Hypernyms: ↑bottle-tree, ↑bottle tree4. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses• Syn: ↑fire tree, ↑Christmas tree, ↑Nuytsia floribunda• Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant• Member Holonyms: ↑Nuytsia, ↑genus Nuytsia5. showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana• Syn: ↑royal poinciana, ↑flamboyant, ↑peacock flower, ↑Delonix regia, ↑Poinciana regia• Derivationally related forms: ↑flamboyant (for: ↑flamboyant)• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Delonix, ↑genus Delonix
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noun: any of several trees or shrubs with showy scarlet or yellow flowers: asa. : either of two Australian trees:(1) : a bottle tree (Brachychiton acerifolium) of southern Australia with panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers(2) : a small evergreen tree (Nuytsia floribunda) of the family Loranthaceae that is restricted to western Australia and is distinguished by axillary racemes of yellow-orange flowersb. : royal poincianac. : huisache* * *
1. either of two trees, Brachychiton acerifolius or B. australis, native to Australia, having clusters of bright scarlet flowers.2. See royal poinciana.[1865-70]* * *
flame tree, or flame-tree «FLAYM TREE», noun.1. an ornamental tree of the sterculia family grown in warm climates for its showy, scarlet flowers; Chinese parasol tree.2. any one of various trees with showy, red flowers.* * *
n. any of a number of trees with brilliant red flowers, in particular: ●a) an Australian bottle tree (Brachychiton acerifolius, family Sterculiaceae)b) another term for royal poinciana (see poinciana)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.