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Definition of Flame bush
1. Noun. Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers.
Exact synonyms: Coral Bush, Templetonia Retusa
Group relationships: Genus Templetonia, Templetonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Templetonia, Templetonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flame Bush
Literary usage of Flame bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Sudan Year by Ethel Stefana Drower (1912)
"and the wind, which was strongly against us, was as hot as a living flame.
Bush fires roaring up into the sky did not lessen the heat. ..."
2. Bricks Without Straw: A Novel by Albion Winegar Tourgée (1880)
"... balls of the black- gum, some glowing bunches of the flame-bush, with their
wealth of bursting red beries, and a full-laden branch of the black-haw. ..."