Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.
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- noun botany, archaic Any of various
trees in the East and West Indies withbrilliant blossoms , probablyspecies of Caesalpinia.
Etymologies
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French flamboyer to be bright.
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Examples
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Là ou se tient Râvana, la peur empêche le soleil d’échauffer, le vent craint de souffler, et le feu n’ose flamboyer.
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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