flame-of-the-forest

noun

1. (esp in Malaysia) another name for royal poinciana
2. a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa , native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers

Example Sentences

We stood underneath a huge flame-of-the-forest tree.

From Literature

When the young girl was led out, the flame-of-the-forest swayed and flowers rained down.

From Literature

After price negotiations with villagers and meals of fried wasps, teams dug up the trees and hauled them by truck to Hong Kong, including a 14-m-tall, yellow flame-of-the-forest tree, now sitting in Adventureland, a part of Disneyland that takes visitors into the world's exotic jungles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over knolls and through hollows the little cavalcade jogged steadily, till, mounting a gentle eminence, they wound through a grove of camphor and Flame-of-the-Forest.

From Project Gutenberg