(n)East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye, Syn.palas, dak, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma
a. [ L. frondosus leafy. ] (Bot.) (a) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves. (b) Leafy. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]