FIRE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire tree mean? 

• FIRE TREE (noun)
  The noun FIRE TREE has 1 sense:

1. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

  Familiarity information: FIRE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda

Hypernyms ("fire tree" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("fire tree" is a member of...):

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)