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flame tree

/fleɪm tɹiː/

flame tree noun: any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including.

flame tree: any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including
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Noun

flame tree (plural flame trees)

  1. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including
    • The people stared in awe at the magnificently colored flame tree.
  2. Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
  3. Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia.
    • […] its scarlet-flowered cousin the maple leaved Sterculia, or Australian flame-tree, which we grow in California for ornament, too, is a tough waterproof fiber a couple of inches thick, that is good material for cordage and mats.1919, Charles Francis Saunders, With the Flowers and Trees in California, R.M. McBride & Co., section 47
  4. Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
  5. Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
  6. Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
  7. Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
  8. Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
  9. Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
  10. Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
  11. Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
  12. Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
  13. Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)

Synonyms of flame tree

Forms of flame tree

pluralflame trees

Origin of flame tree

flame + tree, from the fiery colour of the flowers.

Questions about flame tree

What does flame tree mean?
Flame tree means any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including.
What part of speech is flame tree?
Flame tree is a noun.
How do you pronounce flame tree?
Flame tree is pronounced /fleɪm tɹiː/.
What is the plural of flame tree?
The plural of flame tree is flame trees.

Words near flame tree in the dictionary

  1. flame structures
  2. flame test
  3. flame tests
  4. flame thrower
  5. flame throwers
  6. flame tree
  7. flame trees
  8. flame trench
  9. flame trenches
  10. flame tube
  11. flame up

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