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flames of the forest

flames of the forest is the plural 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 flames of the forest

What is flames of the forest the plural of?
Flames of the forest is the plural of flame of the forest.

Words near flames of the forest in the dictionary

  1. flameproofing
  2. flameproofs
  3. flamer
  4. flamers
  5. flames
  6. flames of the forest
  7. flames of the forests
  8. flames out
  9. flames up
  10. flamestrike
  11. flamestrikes

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