noun
- A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.
- synonyms: fire tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda
- 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.
- synonyms: royal poinciana, flamboyant, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia
- North Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves.
- synonyms: broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis
- South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers.
- Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
- synonyms: huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, Acacia farnesiana
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