FLAMBOYANT
| Pronunciation: | | flam'boyunt
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| Matching Terms: | | flamboyance, flamboyant tree, flamboyantly
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- [n] 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
- [adj] richly and brilliantly colorful
- [adj] elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
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| | Synonyms: | | aureate, colorful, Delonix regia, fancy, flame tree, florid, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, resplendent, royal poinciana, showy, unrestrained |
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| | See Also: | | angiospermous tree, Delonix, flowering tree, genus Delonix | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flam*boy"ant\, a. [F.] (Arch.)
Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the
tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century)
French Gothic style.
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