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flower-fences

flower-fences is the plural of flower-fence.

Meaning of flower-fence

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

Questions about flower-fences

What is flower-fences the plural of?
Flower-fences is the plural of flower-fence.

Words near flower-fences in the dictionary

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

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