flame tree

flame tree

n.

Any of various trees having brilliant red flowers, especially the royal poinciana or the Australian bottle tree Brachychiton acerifolius.

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flame tree

n

(Plants) any of various tropical trees with red or orange flowers, such as flame-of-the-forest

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flame′ tree`

n.

1. either of two Australian trees, Brachychitonacerifolius or B.australis, having lobed leaves and clusters of scarlet flowers.

2. royal poinciana.

[1865–70]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flame tree - a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses fire tree, Nuytsia floribunda, Christmas tree genus Nuytsia, Nuytsia - one species parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
	2.	flame tree - 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 Delonix regia, flamboyant, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana Delonix, genus Delonix - evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	3.	flame tree - north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves Brachychiton australis, broad-leaved bottletree bottle tree, bottle-tree - an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton
	4.	flame tree - south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers Brachychiton acerifolius, flame durrajong, Sterculia acerifolia bottle tree, bottle-tree - an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton
	5.	flame tree - tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery Acacia farnesiana, cassie, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle genus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

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