flame trees

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Definition of flame trees in English English dictionary

plural form of flame tree

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flame tree

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.

flame tree

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

Turkish pronunciation

fleym triz

Pronunciation

/ˈflām ˈtrēz/ /ˈfleɪm ˈtriːz/