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Definition of Flame tree

1. Noun. A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.

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.

3. Noun. North Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves.

4. Noun. South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers.

5. Noun. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.

Definition of Flame tree

1. Noun. (botany) Any one of several trees or shrubs with yellow or bright red flowers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flame Tree

flame flower flame gun flame ionisation detector flame ionization flame nettle flame out flame pea flame retardant flame retardants flame spots

flame spread flame test flame thrower flame throwers flame tokay flame tree (current term) flame trees flame up flame war flame wars

flamebait flamed flamed out flamefish flameflower flamekeeper flamekeepers flameless flamelessly flamelet

Literary usage of Flame tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Camps in the Caribbees: The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles by Frederick Albion Ober (1886)
"THE FLAME-TREE. —THE ORCHARD OF LIMES. PROFITS OF LIME CULTURE. THE MAROON PARTY. — THE STAMPEDE. — FAREWELL TO DOMINICA. — CORAL ISLANDS. ..."

2. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse (1991)
"Flamboyan sits under her favorite tree, / her flame tree... The red and orange flowers, / flame flowers, / move in the warm breezes / above her head. ..."

3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"flame tree or fire tree of Australia, King George's Sound, ... The flame tree of Illawarra in Australia is the Brachy- chiton acerifolium, which grows to 60 ..."

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