FLAME TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame tree mean? 

• FLAME TREE (noun)
  The noun FLAME TREE has 5 senses:

1. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

2. 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

3. north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

4. south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

5. tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery

  Familiarity information: FLAME TREE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAME TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda

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

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

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

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Delonix regia; flamboyant; flame tree; peacock flower; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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

Delonix; genus Delonix (evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India)

Sense 3

Meaning:

North Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brachychiton australis; broad-leaved bottletree; flame tree

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

bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)

Sense 4

Meaning:

South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brachychiton acerifolius; flame durrajong; flame tree; Sterculia acerifolia

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

bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia farnesiana; cassie; flame tree; huisache; mimosa bush; scented wattle; sweet acacia; sweet wattle

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

acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

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

genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)