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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tree (Delonix regia) in the pea family, native to Madagascar and widely cultivated for its showy scarlet flowers.
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- noun A
tropical tree , Delonix regia, grown for its bright red flowerclusters ; native toMadagascar but grown in many other tropical regions.; theflamboyant
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- noun 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
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