FLAME TREE Definition & Meaning

flame tree

either of two trees, Brachychiton acerifolius or B. australis, native to Australia, having clusters of bright scarlet flowers.
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flame tree

any of various tropical trees with red or orange flowers, such as flame-of-the-forest

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First recorded in 1865–70

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Examples have not been reviewed.

Five species are available: Western sycamore, Chinese flame tree, California pepper, pink trumpet tree and pink dawn chitalpa.

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US secret service agents stood outside, under the red flame trees of the school grounds.

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In this high-desert city, Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old black man, was found hanging from a Chinese flame tree outside city hall in early June.

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The flame trees blaze with vermilion flowers, and the frangipani’s fragrance is at its most intense in May, before the monsoons move in.

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One afternoon, Harrison came up to the flame tree carrying the radio turned up high to Radio Biafra.

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