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Flamboyer

Flamboyer \Flam*boy"er\, n. [F. flamboyer to be bright.] (Bot.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of C[ae]salpinia.

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flamboyer

n. (context botany archaic English) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of ''Delonix'' and (taxlink Caesalpina genus noshow=1), all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus (taxlink Poinciana genus noshow=1).