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flame-of-the-forest

noun

  1. (esp in Malaysia) another name for royal poinciana
  2. a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa , native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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We stood underneath a huge flame-of-the-forest tree.

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When the young girl was led out, the flame-of-the-forest swayed and flowers rained down.

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After price negotiations with villagers and meals of fried wasps, teams dug up the trees and hauled them by truck to Hong Kong, including a 14-m-tall, yellow flame-of-the-forest tree, now sitting in Adventureland, a part of Disneyland that takes visitors into the world's exotic jungles.

Over knolls and through hollows the little cavalcade jogged steadily, till, mounting a gentle eminence, they wound through a grove of camphor and Flame-of-the-Forest.

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