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noun
Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including
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noun
Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia.
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Synonyms: Australian flame tree, Illawarra flame tree, lacebark tree
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
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noun
Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
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Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)
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noun
tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, Acacia farnesiana
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Broader terms: acacia
noun
south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia
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Broader terms: bottle-tree, bottle tree
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north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis
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Broader terms: bottle-tree, bottle tree
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: royal poinciana, flamboyant, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia
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Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
noun
a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fire tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda
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Broader terms: parasitic plant
History
flame + tree, from the fiery colour of the flowers.
