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Webster 1913 Edition


Flamboyer

Flam-boy′er

,
Noun.
[F.
flamboyer
to be bright.]
(Bot.)
A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of
Cæsalpinia
.

Definition 2024


flamboyer

flamboyer

English

Wikispecies

Noun

flamboyer (plural flamboyers)

  1. (botany, archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.


French

Etymology

flamber + -oyer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃.bwa.je/

Verb

flamboyer

  1. (intransitive) to blaze, flame

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.