'Poinciana pulcherrima' definitions:
Definition of 'Poinciana pulcherrima'
From: WordNet
noun
Tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange- red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: pride of barbados, paradise flower, flamboyant tree, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana pulcherrima]
Definition of 'Poinciana pulcherrima'
From: GCIDE
- Flower-fence \Flow"er-fence`\, n. (Bot.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana pulcherrima, or C[ae]salpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. --Baird. [1913 Webster]