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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
flamboyant
    adj 1: marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy
           rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" [syn:
           flamboyant, showy, splashy]
    2: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
       handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: aureate,
       florid, flamboyant]
    n 1: 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, flamboyant, flame
         tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana
         regia]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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