Found 2 items, similar to poinciana.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Poinciana Poinciana n 1: small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications [syn: subgenus Poinciana ] 2: a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: bird of paradise , Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Poinciana Poinciana \Poin`ci*a"na\, n. [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.) A prickly tropical shrub (C[ae]salpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima ), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. [1913 Webster] Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. [1913 Webster]