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noun

flamboyant

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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Six example sentences with flamboyant, each labelled with its topic.

  • A row of flamboyants lined the coast road, and every June the whole avenue turned the color of embers.

    Travel

  • Foresters planted a hundred flamboyants along the eroded ridge because the roots hold soil through the heaviest monsoon rain.

    Environment

  • She waited two weeks for the flamboyant outside her window to bloom, then photographed its branches against a storm sky.

    Photography

  • Botanists trace every cultivated flamboyant back to a handful of dry valleys in Madagascar where wild stands are now rare.

    Science

  • The architect placed a single flamboyant in the courtyard so its wide canopy would shade the reading room by noon.

    Architecture

  • Every June the painter sets up under the same flamboyant, trying again to get its scarlet against the white church.

    Art

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