poinciana

3 definitions found

poinciana - 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]

poinciana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
         ]

poinciana - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Poinciana, FL
    Zip code(s): 34759