/poyn'see an"euh/ , n.
1. See royal poinciana .
2. any of several other tropical trees of the legume family, with showy flowers, as Caesalpina pulcherrima (dwarf poinciana) or Peltophorum pterocarpum (yellow poinciana) .
[ 1725-35; Poinci, 17th-century governor of the French Antilles; see -AN, -A 2 ]