flame tree
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]flame + tree, from the fiery colour of the flowers.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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flame tree (plural flame trees)
- 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.
- Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
- Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia, Australian flame tree, Illawarra flame tree, lacebark tree)
- 1919, Charles Francis Saunders, With the Flowers and Trees in California, R.M. McBride & Co., section 47:
- […] 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.
- Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
- Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
- Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
- Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
- Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
- Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
- Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
- Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
- Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
- Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)
Hypernyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “flame tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “flame tree”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
flame tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia