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flower-fence

flower-fence noun: a tropical leguminous bush (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.

Noun

flower-fence (plural flower-fences)

  1. A tropical leguminous bush (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
    • Barbadoes flower-fence. Parkinsonia and Poinciana.1858, William Baird, The Student's Natural History

Synonyms of flower-fence

Forms of flower-fence

pluralflower-fences

Origin of flower-fence

So named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.

Questions about flower-fence

What does flower-fence mean?
Flower-fence means a tropical leguminous bush (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
What part of speech is flower-fence?
Flower-fence is a noun.
What is the plural of flower-fence?
The plural of flower-fence is flower-fences.

Words near flower-fence in the dictionary

  1. flower-bearing
  2. flower-bed
  3. flower-beds
  4. flower-de-lis
  5. flower-de-luce
  6. flower-fence
  7. flower-fences
  8. flower-flies
  9. flower-fly
  10. flower-gentle
  11. flower-gentles

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