flame tree
noun
: any of several trees or shrubs with showy scarlet or yellow flowers: such as
a
: a tree (Brachychiton acerifolium of the family Sterculiaceae) of southern Australia with panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
b
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But Egypt’s 19th-century rulers adorned their capital with public gardens, importing greenery that now seems inseparable from the city itself, like the flame trees that flare with bright red flowers every spring.
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Vivian Yee, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
This inexpensive kit is gentle with beginners, though, with four types of trees (including Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine and flame tree) and multiple seeds per species.
—Popular Science, 19 June 2020
The existing trees in the riad’s courtyard garden were magnificent: jacarandas, figs, palms, flame trees and Persian silk trees approaching the height of the upper-story bedrooms.
—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
Vivian Yee, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
This inexpensive kit is gentle with beginners, though, with four types of trees (including Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine and flame tree) and multiple seeds per species.
—Popular Science, 19 June 2020
The existing trees in the riad’s courtyard garden were magnificent: jacarandas, figs, palms, flame trees and Persian silk trees approaching the height of the upper-story bedrooms.
—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
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