'Flame tree' definitions:

Definition of 'flame tree'

(from WordNet)
noun
A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses [syn: flame tree, fire tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda]
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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, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia]
noun
North Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves [syn: flame tree, broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis]
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South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers [syn: flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia]
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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, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana]

Definition of 'Flame tree'

From: GCIDE
  • Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]
  • 1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
  • Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze. [1913 Webster]
  • Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
  • Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
  • Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
  • Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer.
  • Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
  • Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia. [1913 Webster]