'Poinciana' definitions:
Definition of 'Poinciana'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications [syn: Poinciana, subgenus Poinciana]
noun
A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: bird of paradise, poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii]
Definition of 'Poinciana'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Poinciana, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Poinciana, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000) :
13647
Housing Units (2000) :
4590
Land area (2000) :
35.105724 sq. miles (90.923403 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.237734 sq. miles (0.615729 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
35.343458 sq. miles (91.539132 sq. km)
FIPS code :
57900
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
28.155768 N, 81.476502 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
34759
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.