flame-of-the-forest
Britishnoun
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(esp in Malaysia) another name for royal poinciana
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a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa , native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
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Its smooth lawns, sloping steeply to the sea, are now brilliant with the gaudy parrot-like blossoms of the "flame of the forest," the gorgeous Poinciana regia, with which they are studded.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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