poinciana
- noun
- /ˌpɔɪnˈsiːənə/
- US
:
poinciana
- In summer, the poinciana blooms brightly, attracting many visitors to the garden.
- poinciana tree
- royal poinciana
Examples
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The royal poinciana tree adorned the park with its stunning orange flowers.
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Only the poincianas on the outskirts of Jericho flowered a magnificent, unlikely scarlet.
Fiction book (1998) -
The poinciana in our backyard provides a beautiful shade during hot afternoons.
Synonyms
A tropical shrub like a small tree with bright orange, red and yellow flowers grown in gardens
A tropical small tree with bright orange-red flowers grown in gardens
A tropical tree with bright orange-red flowers and feathery leaves
A tropical shrub with bright orange or red flowers like the bird of paradise bush
A tropical plant like a small tree with bright yellow or orange-red flowers
A tropical tree or shrub that has large red and orange flower clusters
A tropical tree with large scarlet and orange flower clusters and a wide canopy
A tropical tree with wide branches and bright red flowers
Compounds
- Specialized
A tropical tree with bright orange-red flowers and feathery leaves
- Specialized
A tropical small tree with bright orange-red flowers grown in gardens
- Specialized
A tropical tree with large scarlet and orange flower clusters and a wide canopy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poinciana comes from a person's name plus the Latin ending -ana, which means 'belonging to' or 'connected to'. Like other plant names such as gardenia or begonia, it remembers the person who first described the tree, and today poinciana simply names the bright tropical tree with orange or red flowers.
