Flamboyant
[n] 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
[adj] richly and brilliantly colorful
[adj] elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
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Synonyms
aureate, colorful, Delonix regia, fancy, flame tree, florid, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, resplendent, royal poinciana, showy, unrestrained
Related Terms
affected, arabesque, baroque, bedazzling, bedizened, big-sounding, blinding, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, busy, chichi, convoluted, dashing, dazzling, declamatory, decorated, effulgent, elaborate, elegant, elevated, embellished, euphuistic, extr