pagoda flower
noun
1The flower of a pagoda tree; the tree itself.
2A shrub of south-eastern Asia, Clerodendrum paniculatum (family Verbenaceae), cultivated in warm regions for its panicles of tubular scarlet flowers.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Letters from Madras.
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