'Caesalpinia formerly Poinciana pulcherrima' definitions:

Definition of 'Caesalpinia formerly Poinciana pulcherrima'

From: GCIDE

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]