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Flame tree
//fleɪm tɹiː// noun
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Noun
- 1 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including
"The people stared in awe at the magnificently colored flame tree."
- 2 tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery wordnet
- 3 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
- 4 south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers wordnet
- 5 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia, Australian flame tree, Illawarra flame tree, lacebark tree)
"[…] its scarlet-flowered cousin the maple leaved Sterculia, or Australian flame-tree, which we grow in California for ornament, too, is a tough waterproof fiber a couple of inches thick, that is good material for cordage and mats."
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- 6 north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves wordnet
- 7 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
- 8 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 wordnet
- 9 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
- 10 a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses wordnet
- 11 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
- 12 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
- 13 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
- 14 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
- 15 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
- 16 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
- 17 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
- 18 Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:; Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)
Etymology
flame + tree, from the fiery colour of the flowers.
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