Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flame_tree

5 senses of flame tree

Sense 1
flame tree, fire tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda -- (a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses)
       => parasitic plant -- (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Sense 2
royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia -- (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)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Sense 3
flame tree, broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis -- (north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves)
       => bottle-tree, bottle tree -- (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)

Sense 4
flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia -- (south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers)
       => bottle-tree, bottle tree -- (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)

Sense 5
huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana -- (tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery)
       => acacia -- (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)