flamboyant
Noun
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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 (synset 112515299)is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovarybelongs to: delonix, genus delonix - evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India
Adjective
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Marked by ostentation but often tasteless (synset 301854629)
"a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"similar to: ostentatious, pretentious - intended to attract notice and impress others
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Elaborately or excessively ornamented (synset 301799280)
"flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"similar to: fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented
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