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1. (n.) poinciana
any of several tropical legume trees of the genus Caesalpinia, having showy red, orange, or yellow flowers.
Etymology: (1725–35; < NL (1700), after M. de Poinci, 17th-cent. governor of the French Antilles; see -an1, -a2)
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1. (noun) Poinciana, subgenus Poinciana
small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
2. (noun) bird of paradise, poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii
a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
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1. (noun) poinciana
a prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments
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