flame tree

noun

1

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

Synonym: huisache cassie mimosa bush sweet wattle sweet acacia scented wattle Acacia farnesiana

2

south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

Synonym: flame durrajong Brachychiton acerifolius Sterculia acerifolia

3

north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

Synonym: broad-leaved bottletree Brachychiton australis

4

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

Synonym: royal poinciana flamboyant peacock flower Delonix regia Poinciana regia

5

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

Synonym: fire tree Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda