POINCIANA


Meaning of POINCIANA in English

noun Etymology: New Latin, from De Poinci, 17th century governor of part of the French West Indies Date: 1731 any of several ornamental tropical trees or shrubs (genera Caesalpinia and Delonix ) of the legume family formerly placed in their own genus ( Poinciana )

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