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flamboyer

flamboyer noun: any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.

Noun

flamboyer (plural flamboyers)

  1. (archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.

Forms of flamboyer

pluralflamboyers

Origin of flamboyer

Borrowed from French flamboyer (“to be bright”).

Questions about flamboyer

What does flamboyer mean?
Flamboyer means any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.
What part of speech is flamboyer?
Flamboyer is a noun.
What is the plural of flamboyer?
The plural of flamboyer is flamboyers.

Words near flamboyer in the dictionary

  1. flamboyant cuttlefish
  2. flamboyant cuttlefishes
  3. flamboyantly
  4. flamboyantness
  5. flamboyants
  6. flamboyer
  7. flamboyers
  8. flamboys
  9. flambs
  10. Flambures
  11. flambustered

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