Flame tree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
    Nuytsia floribunda; fire tree; Christmas tree.
  2. noun 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
    flamboyant; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana; peacock flower; Delonix regia.
  3. noun north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
    Brachychiton australis; broad-leaved bottletree.
  4. noun south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
    flame durrajong; Sterculia acerifolia; Brachychiton acerifolius.
  5. noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
    mimosa bush; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; sweet wattle; cassie.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

Webster 1913