flame tree
n 1: a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western
Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers;
parasitic on roots of grasses [syn: {fire tree}, {Christmas
tree}, {Nuytsia floribunda}]
2: 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 [syn: {royal poinciana}, {flamboyant}, {peacock
flower}, {Delonix regia}, {Poinciana regia}]
3: north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
[syn: {broad-leaved bottletree}, {Brachychiton australis}]
4: south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet
flowers [syn: {flame durrajong}, {Brachychiton acerifolius},
{Sterculia acerifolia}]
5: tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant
yellow flowers used in making perfumery [syn: {huisache},
{cassie}, {mimosa bush}, {sweet wattle}, {sweet acacia}, {scented
wattle}, {Acacia farnesiana}]