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