(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
[してんのう, shitennou] (n) (1) { Buddh } the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); (2) the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)#11818