α. 1800s goolmohur, 1800s– gulmohar, 1800s– gulmohr, 1900s– golmohr, 1900s– gulmohur.
β. 1800s goldmohr, 1800s– goldmohur, 1900s– goldmohar.
gulmoharn.
/ˈɡʊlmə(ʊ)hɑː/, U.S. /ˈɡʊlməˌhɑr/ A tree with scarlet or orange flowers and feathery pinnate leaves, Delonix regia (family Leguminosae), native to Madagascar and widely planted as an ornamental in tropical regions. Also called (royal) peacock flower, royal poinciana, flamboyant.
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poinciana1731
Barbados pride1756
flower-fence1786
gulmohar1839
flamboyant1879
peacock flower1884
thread-flower1884
flamboyant tree1903
1839 J. Graham Catal. Plants Bombay & Vicinity 61 P[oinciana] Pulcherrima... Gool Mohur, Barbadoes flower fence.—Common in every garden.
1874 E. Lear Indian Jrnl. June (1953) viii. 147 The wonderful orange blossomed gold-mohr tree is now a sight here as every compound has one or two in it, besides lots of other flowers.
1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days ii. 20 Gold mohur trees like vast umbrellas of bloodred bloom.
1953 N. L. Bor Man. Indian Forest Bot. 71 The flowers of the Gul Mohur are described as having four scarlet petals, while the fifth, or standard, is variously variegated with gold and vermilion.
1988 A. Ghosh Shadow Lines (1989) 30 Huge lawns were threaded through by lanes that were often flooded with puddles of scarlet gulmohur and yellow jacaranda.
2016 Times of India (Nexis) 16 Dec. We will be growing species like bamboo, karanj, teak and gulmohar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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