yellow-poinciana
yellow poinciana
noun
See under poinciana ( def 2 ).
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siˈæn noun
2.
any of several other tropical trees of the legume family, with showy flowers, as Caesalpina pulcherrima (dwarf poinciana) or Peltophorum pterocarpum (yellow poinciana)
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| See royal poinciana any tree of the tropical leguminous genera Caesalpinia (formerly Poinciana) having large orange or red flowers | |
| [C17: New Latin, named after M. de Poinci, 17th-century governor of the French Antilles] | |
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