flame tree

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
3. noun Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia.
4. noun Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
5. noun Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
6. noun Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
7. noun Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
8. noun Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa

Similar words

royal poinciana sweet acacia christmas tree flamboyant cassie acacia farnesiana brachychiton acerifolius brachychiton australis broad-leaved bottletree delonix regia

Word family

flame trees