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flame-of-the-forest

flame-of-the-forest is the alternative form of flame of the forest.

Meaning of flame of the forest

Noun

flame of the forest (plural flames of the forest or flames of the forests)

  1. Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa), of south Asia; palash, bastard teak.
  2. Delonix regia, native to Madagascar; royal poinciana, flamboyant tree.
  3. Mucuna bennettii, native to Papua New Guinea; New Guinea creeper.
  4. Spathodea campanulata; fountain tree, African tulip tree, Nandi flame, of tropical Africa.
    • The green flanks of the uplands, all feathered with bamboo interspersed with the dark, glinting green of breadfruit and the sudden Bengal fire of Flame of the Forest, gave way to the lower forests of ebony, mahogany, mahoe and logwood.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 181

Questions about flame-of-the-forest

What is flame-of-the-forest the alternative form of?
Flame-of-the-forest is the alternative form of flame of the forest.

Words near flame-of-the-forest in the dictionary

  1. flame up
  2. flame violet
  3. flame violets
  4. flame war
  5. flame wars
  6. flame-of-the-forest
  7. flame-of-the-woods
  8. flame-out
  9. flame-outs
  10. flame-proof
  11. flame-proofed

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