HyperDic: fire_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression fire tree:
NOUNplantfire tree, flame tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribundaa terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers
English > fire tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.
Synonymsflame tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda
Member ofNuytsia, genus NuytsiaOne species
Broaderparasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
Catalannuytsia floribunda

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