flame tree

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

3. 3

   north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves

4. 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

5. 5

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