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poinciana |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poinciana \Poin`ci*a"na\, n. [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.) A prickly tropical shrub ({C[ae]salpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima}), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. Note: The genus {Poinciana} is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Poinciana n 1: small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications [syn: {Poinciana}, {subgenus Poinciana}] 2: a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: {bird of paradise}, {Caesalpinia gilliesii}, {Poinciana gilliesii}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Poinciana, FL Zip code(s): 34759
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