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flame-of-the-forest
noun
(esp in Malaysia) another name for royal poinciana
a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa , native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
Example Sentences
We stood underneath a huge flame-of-the-forest tree.
When the young girl was led out, the flame-of-the-forest swayed and flowers rained down.
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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