[syn: bird of paradise, poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of
Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana
gilliesii]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Poinciana, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 13647
Housing Units (2000): 4590
Land area (2000): 35.105724 sq. miles (90.923403 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.237734 sq. miles (0.615729 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 35.343458 sq. miles (91.539132 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57900
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.155768 N, 81.476502 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 34759
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Poinciana, FL
Poinciana