English - Turkish
Definition of flame-tree in English Turkish dictionary
- alpa gülü
English - English
Definition of flame-tree in English English dictionary
- Any one of several trees or shrubs with yellow or bright red flowers
its scarlet-flowered cousin the maple leaved Sterculia, or Australian flame-tree, which we grow in California for ornament, too, is a tough waterproof fiber a couple of inches thick, that is good material for cordage and mats.
- south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses