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poinciana

poinciana noun: 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.

Noun

poinciana (plural poincianas)

  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.
    • [I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges.1987, Hilary Thompson, Common Birds of the Darwin Area, Winnellie: Sandpiper Productions, page vii
  2. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Forms of poinciana

pluralpoincianas

Origin of poinciana

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

Words formed from poinciana

Words that rhyme with poinciana

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Questions about poinciana

What does poinciana mean?
Poinciana means 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.
What part of speech is poinciana?
Poinciana is a noun.
What is the plural of poinciana?
The plural of poinciana is poincianas.

Words near poinciana in the dictionary

  1. Poincaré space
  2. Poincaré spaces
  3. Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem
  4. Poincaréan
  5. Poincarés
  6. poinciana
  7. poincianas
  8. poind
  9. poindable
  10. poinded
  11. poinder

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