poinciana

poinciana
/poyn'see an"euh/, n.
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; < NL; named after M. de Poinci, 17th-century governor of the French Antilles; see -AN, -A2]

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