FLAMBOYANT TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flamboyant tree mean? 

• FLAMBOYANT TREE (noun)
  The noun FLAMBOYANT TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

  Familiarity information: FLAMBOYANT TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAMBOYANT TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caesalpinia pulcherrima; flamboyant tree; paradise flower; Poinciana pulcherrima; pride of barbados

Hypernyms ("flamboyant tree" is a kind of...):

flowering shrub (shrub noted primarily for its flowers)

Holonyms ("flamboyant tree" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)