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flame trees

flame trees is the plural of flame tree.

Meaning of flame tree

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

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Questions about flame trees

What is flame trees the plural of?
Flame trees is the plural of flame tree.

Words near flame trees in the dictionary

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

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