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Definition of Poinciana

1. Noun. Small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications.

2. Noun. A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana.

Definition of Poinciana

1. n. A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.

Definition of Poinciana

1. Noun. a tropical shrub with bright orange-red flowers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poinciana

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Medical Definition of Poinciana

1. A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. Origin: NL. Named after M. De Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poinciana

poikilohydric poikilotherm poikilothermia poikilothermic poikilothermous poikilotherms poikilothermy poikilothrombocyte poikilothymia poikilotopic

poilu poilus poimenics poinado poinadoes poinciana (current term) poincianas poind poinded poinder

poinders poinding poindings poinds poinsetta poinsettas poinsettia poinsettia strain poinsettias point

Literary usage of Poinciana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indian Forester (1900)
"Is poinciana elata a wild tree in India. In reply to Mr. Gamble's query I think it may ... During all that time I do not think I came across poinciana elata ..."

2. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Joseph Paxton (1850)
"poinciana.—Unarmed. Leaves bipin- nate ; leaflets in about twelve rows on a side, ... Petals erect. Stamens very long, red. Character. poinciana GILLIESII ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"A few species of splendid tropical trees, belonging to the same tribe as the gorgeous poinciana and Caesalpinia. Flowers yellow; petals 5, roundish; ..."

4. Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1898)
"... SOUTHERN SEAS CHAPTER I OAHU Southward Bound—Arrival in Oahu—The " poinciana Regia" and the " Golden Rain "—The Pali P)ROGRESS over the Western oceans ..."

5. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"poinciana GILLIESII, Hooker, a tree of Chili, with sulphur flowers. ... Royal poinciana. This gorgeous shrub was introduced from Madagascar into India, ..."

6. The Indian Forester (1900)
"Is poinciana elata a wild tree in India. In reply to Mr. Gamble's query I think it may ... During all that time I do not think I came across poinciana elata ..."

7. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Joseph Paxton (1850)
"poinciana.—Unarmed. Leaves bipin- nate ; leaflets in about twelve rows on a side, ... Petals erect. Stamens very long, red. Character. poinciana GILLIESII ..."

8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"A few species of splendid tropical trees, belonging to the same tribe as the gorgeous poinciana and Caesalpinia. Flowers yellow; petals 5, roundish; ..."

9. Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1898)
"... SOUTHERN SEAS CHAPTER I OAHU Southward Bound—Arrival in Oahu—The " poinciana Regia" and the " Golden Rain "—The Pali P)ROGRESS over the Western oceans ..."

10. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"poinciana GILLIESII, Hooker, a tree of Chili, with sulphur flowers. ... Royal poinciana. This gorgeous shrub was introduced from Madagascar into India, ..."

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