| 单词 | flamboyant tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflamboyant tree The royal poinciana, Delonix regia (formerly Poinciana regia). Also (rare) flamboyant tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana poinciana1731 Barbados pride1756 flower-fence1786 gulmohar1839 flamboyant1879 peacock flower1884 thread-flower1884 flamboyant tree1903 1903 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 8 223 Poinciana regia, flame tree, flamboyan. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle v. 95 From there you will see a flamboyant-tree in full blossom. 1948 A. J. Seymour Guiana Bk. 21 Sometimes the blood forgets the flowering trees, Red with flamboyants in the hard clear sun. 1963 E. T. Robertson & E. G. B. Gooding Bot. for Caribbean iii. 24 Common deciduous trees are Flamboyante (Poinciana regia), Spanish Ash..and Quickstick. 1977 New Yorker 17 Oct. 37/2 The red in the hibiscus and the flamboyant flowers seems redder; the green of the trees and grass seems greener. 1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala xiv. 142 A grassy green slope, scattered with occasional shade trees, kumbuk, banyan and red-flowered flamboyant. 1987 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. x. 9/5 The church doors frame remarkable vistas, flamboyan and almond trees nearby, mountains in the distance. < as lemmas |
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