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African tulip

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Noun1.African tulipAfrican tulip - African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
African lily, Agapanthus africanus, blue African lily
genus Agapanthus - small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae
agapanthus, lily of the Nile - any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers


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It crosses streams on toylike bridges, offers glimpses of tumbling waterfalls, occasionally bursts upon sweeping ocean vistas and skirts gulches where bright-orange African tulip blossoms rise to greet you.
THE SCENIC ROUTE MAUI'S HANA HIGHWAY IS A TREASURE, SPECIALLY FOR ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Let's begin with the African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata.
BEHOLD THE SOUTHLAND, IN LIVING COLOR by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And then there was that African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) on Missouri Avenue in West Los Angeles, with its orange-red chalices for blooms; I had never seen such a gorgeous street tree and wondered why it was not more widely planted.
GARDENING : RARE MOMENTS OF HORTICULTURAL DISCOVERY IN FULL BLOOM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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