flame tree

flame tree
noun
1. tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
• Syn:
• Hypernyms: ↑acacia
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Acacia
2. south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑bottle-tree, ↑bottle tree
3. north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
• Hypernyms: ↑bottle-tree, ↑bottle tree
4. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
• Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nuytsia, ↑genus Nuytsia
5. 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
• 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: as
a. : 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 flowers

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1. either of two trees, Brachychiton acerifolius or B. australis, native to Australia, having clusters of bright scarlet flowers.
[1865-70]

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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.

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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)

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