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Noun flame tree has 5 senses
- flame tree, fire tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda - a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
--1 is a kind of parasitic plant
--1 is a member of Nuytsia, genus Nuytsia
- royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia - 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
--2 is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
--2 is a member of Delonix, genus Delonix
- flame tree, broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis - north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
--3 is a kind of bottle-tree, bottle tree
- flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia - south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
--4 is a kind of bottle-tree, bottle tree
- huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana - tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
--5 is a kind of acacia
--5 is a member of genus Acacia
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