poinciana
/ˌpɔɪnsɪˈɑːnə
/noun
A tropical tree of the pea family, with showy red or red and yellow flowers.
- Genera Caesalpinia and Delonix (formerly Poinciana), family Leguminosae: several species, including the flamboyant.
- It's lovely to have magnificent old trees in the garden - jacarandas, gums, poincianas - but sometimes the ground beneath them becomes a wasteland of scrappy grass, roots and weeds.
- McLean's journey began in Nightcliff, the Darwin bayside suburb where the streets are named after jacarandas and poincianas and every garden bursts with tropical life.
Origin
Mid 18th century: modern Latin, named after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles.
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