flower-fence

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flower-fence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flower-fence \Flow"er-fence`\, n. (Bot.)
     A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana pulcherrima, or
     C[ae]salpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and
     showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been
     sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. --Baird.
     [1913 Webster]