"poinciana" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: poincianas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: Modern Latin: after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles + -ana. Head templates: {{en-noun}} poinciana (plural poincianas)
  1. A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant. Categories (lifeform): Caesalpinia subfamily plants
    Sense id: en-poinciana-en-noun--K6uAuiO Disambiguation of Caesalpinia subfamily plants: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37
  2. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental. Categories (lifeform): Caesalpinia subfamily plants
    Sense id: en-poinciana-en-noun-tzXZJdKF Disambiguation of Caesalpinia subfamily plants: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: royal poinciana

Inflected forms

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