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Meaning of "flame-of-the-forest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST

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Flame-Of-The-Forest is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flame-of-the-forest

Spathodea

Spathodea is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the Fountain Tree, African Tulip Tree, Pichkari or Nandi Flame. The tree grows between 7–25 m tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It has been nominated as among 100 of the "World's Worst" invaders. This tree is planted extensively as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics and is much appreciated for its very showy reddish-orange or crimson, campanulate flowers. The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek words σπαθη and οιδα, referring to the spathe-like calyx. It was discovered in 1787 on the Gold Coast of Africa.

Definition of flame-of-the-forest in the English dictionary

The definition of flame-of-the-forest in the dictionary is a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST

flame hardening
flame lamp
flame red
flame retardant
flame retarder
flame test
flame tree
flame war
flame-arc light
flame-coloured
flame-red
flame-retardant
flame-thrower
flameless
flamelet
flamelike
flamen
flamenco
flameout
flameproof

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST

afforest
Black Forest
Bohemian Forest
Bracknell Forest
De Forest
deforest
elfin forest
Epping Forest
forest
interest
managed forest
mixed forest
New Forest
Petrified Forest
rainforest
reforest
Sherwood Forest
the Black Forest
Thuringian Forest
virgin forest
Waltham Forest

Synonyms and antonyms of flame-of-the-forest in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «flame-of-the-forest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST

Find out the translation of flame-of-the-forest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flame-of-the-forest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flame-of-the-forest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火焰的最森林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llama - de - la - forestal
570 millions of speakers

English

flame-of-the-forest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लौ के जंगल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لهب من بين الغابات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пламени оф- лес
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chama -of -the- floresta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিখা-এর-বন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flamme - de - la - forêt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Api-of-the-hutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flamme -of -the- Wald
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

炎·オブ·フォレスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화염 의 -포리스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Api-saka-ing-alas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngọn lửa -of-the - rừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீச்சுவாலை of-the-காட்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्योत-ऑफ-द-वन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alev-of-the-orman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiamma - of-the - forest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flame - z- lasu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полум´я оф- ліс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flacără - of-the- pădure
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φλόγα - of-the - δάσος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlam - van - die - bos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flame -of -the - skogen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flamme -of -the -forest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flame-of-the-forest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST»

The term «flame-of-the-forest» is normally little used and occupies the 134.493 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST»

Discover the use of flame-of-the-forest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flame-of-the-forest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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i-Science Textbook 6
Some plants like the flame of the forest, saga and rubber disperse their seeds by splitting. The fruits of these plants are dry and have structures that help the fruit wall split along lines of weakness. The seeds of these plants are thrown some ...
Ho Peck Leng/ Yusoff A R/ Akshita Nanda
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A Critical Study of Novels of Arun Joshi, Raja Rao and ...
The protagonist has come of age breaking, as it were, a protracted cocooned innocence in the fourth volume of the tetralogy The Flame of the Forest,21 and he has a university diploma to boot. He is seen scurrying about the metropolis and is  ...
T. J. Abraham, 1999
3
Nature's Palette: The Science of Plant Color
Top left, French marigold (Tagetes patula); top right, purple orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea); bottom left, Ascocenda 'Princess Mikasa'; bottom right, flame of the forest (Butea monosperma). cells are more round, as they are in the purple orchid  ...
David Lee, 2010
4
Home Remedies
—Kalidasa, Kumarasambhavam (1st Century A.D.) Tree of Myriad Metaphors The beautiful flowers of this tree when in full bloom give the impression that the entire forest has been set afire and hence the popular name Flame of the Forest.
T V Sairam, 2000
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Rain Forests of the World
The flame-of-the-forest tree produces sensational sunbursts of orange as blossoms drench the bare twigs. The monsoon forests at the base of the Himalayas get more rainfall than most, nurturing a dense forest of short, stout trees, such as ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2002
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Handbook On Medicinal Herbs With Uses
94. BUTEA FRONDOSA BUTEA FRONDOSA BUTEA FRONDOSA BUTEA FRONDOSA BUTEA FRONDOSA (FLAME OF THE FOREST) (FLAME OF THE FOREST) (FLAME OF THE FOREST) (FLAME OF THE FOREST) (FLAME OF THE ...
H. Panda, 2004
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I-Science
Some plants like the flame of the forest, saga and rubber disperse their seeds by splitting. The fruits of these plants are dry and have structures that help the fruit wall split along lines of weakness. The seeds of these plants are thrown some ...
8
A Naturalist on a Tropical Farm
Ironically, this highest and longest-lived of my Flame-of-the-Forest trees stood just where we did not want a tall tree. While it was still of moderate size, we had built a laborer's cottage not far from it. Occasionally, the man climbed into the tree  ...
Alexander Frank Skutch, 1980
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Flame Of The Forest
Going up the r iver, trudging through the mud, and climbing over the mountains-this book gives the thrilling story of taking Christ to the Stone Age Moni. -Dr. L.L. King, former president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Mission.
Gracie Cutts, 2005
10
The Flame Tree
Flame-of-the-forest trees, like American boys, are not native to Java, but flame trees and white boys born on the rich Javanese soil sink deep roots. This particular flame-of-the-forest had been planted thirty years ago as a promise tree, when ...
Richard Lewis, 2009

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« EDUCALINGO. Flame-Of-The-Forest [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/flame-of-the-forest>. Apr 2024 ».
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