Delonix regia | | |
n. (plant) | 1. delonix regia, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, poinciana regia, royal poinciana | 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. |
| ~ delonix, genus delonix | evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India. |
| ~ angiospermous tree, flowering tree | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary. |
flame tree | | |
n. (plant) | 1. christmas tree, fire tree, flame tree, nuytsia floribunda | a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses. |
| ~ genus nuytsia, nuytsia | one species. |
| ~ parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it. |
n. (plant) | 2. brachychiton australis, broad-leaved bottletree, flame tree | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves. |
| ~ bottle-tree, bottle tree | an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton. |
n. (plant) | 3. brachychiton acerifolius, flame durrajong, flame tree, sterculia acerifolia | south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers. |
| ~ bottle-tree, bottle tree | an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton. |
n. (plant) | 4. acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle | tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery. |
| ~ genus acacia | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa. |
| ~ acacia | any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia. |
poinciana | | |
n. (plant) | 1. poinciana, subgenus poinciana | small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications. |
| ~ rosid dicot genus | a genus of dicotyledonous plants. |
| ~ caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia | small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana. |
n. (plant) | 2. bird of paradise, caesalpinia gilliesii, poinciana, poinciana gilliesii | a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana. |
| ~ caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia | small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana. |
| ~ flowering shrub | shrub noted primarily for its flowers. |
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