flamboyant
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | angiospermous tree, flowering tree, |
| definition | : | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | delonix, genus delonix, |
| definition | : | evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India (noun.plant) |
2. elaborately or excessively ornamented (adj.all)
| similar | : | fancy, |
| definition | : | not plain; decorative or ornamented (adj.all) |
3. marked by ostentation but often tasteless (adj.all)
| similar | : | ostentatious, pretentious, |
| definition | : | intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all) |
4. 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 (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | aureate, flamboyant, florid, |
| definition | : | elaborately or excessively ornamented (adj.all) |
5. elaborately or excessively ornamented (adj.all)
| derivation | : | flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness, |
| definition | : | extravagant elaborateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | delonix regia, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, poinciana regia, royal poinciana, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
6. marked by ostentation but often tasteless (adj.all)
| derivation | : | appearance, show, |
| definition | : | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness, |
| definition | : | extravagant elaborateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, |
| definition | : | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute) |
7. 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 (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | aureate, flamboyant, florid, |
| definition | : | elaborately or excessively ornamented (adj.all) |
8. elaborately or excessively ornamented (adj.all)
| derivation | : | flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness, |
| definition | : | extravagant elaborateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | delonix regia, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, poinciana regia, royal poinciana, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
9. marked by ostentation but often tasteless (adj.all)
| derivation | : | appearance, show, |
| definition | : | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness, |
| definition | : | extravagant elaborateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, |
| definition | : | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute) |
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