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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flamboyant \Flam*boy"ant\, a. [F.] (Arch.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flamboyant adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {aureate}, {florid}, {showy}] 2: richly and brilliantly colorful [syn: {resplendent}, {unrestrained}] 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 [syn: {royal poinciana}, {flame tree}, {peacock flower}, {Delonix regia}, {Poinciana regia}]
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