English Explanatory Dictionary

poinciana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
  2. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Word forms

poinciana poincianas

Etymology

Modern Latin: after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles + -ana.

Derived words

royal poinciana
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