POINCIANA

Poinciana, subgenus Poinciana

(noun) small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

poinciana (plural poincianas)

a tropical shrub with bright orange-red flowers

Source: Wiktionary


Poin`ci*a"na, n. Etym: [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.)

Definition: A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.

Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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