poinciana pulcherrima
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Noun (1)
- tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus PoincianaSynonyms: pride of barbadosparadise flowerflamboyant treeCaesalpinia pulcherrimaType of flowering shrubMember of Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“poinciana pulcherrima” is listed under Flower-fence.
Flow′er-fence′ noun
Botany A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana pulcherrima, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; — so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. William Baird
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54