FLAME TREE

• (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery

  synonyms : acacia farnesiana , cassie , huisache , mimosa bush , scented wattle , sweet acacia , sweet wattle

• (noun) south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

  synonyms : brachychiton acerifolius , flame durrajong , sterculia acerifolia

• (noun) north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

  synonyms : brachychiton australis , broad-leaved bottletree

• (noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

  synonyms : delonix regia , flamboyant , peacock flower , poinciana regia , royal poinciana

• (noun) a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

  synonyms : christmas tree , fire tree , nuytsia floribunda

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