poinciana

noun

poin·ci·ana ˌpȯin(t)-sē-ˈa-nə

ˌp(w)än(t)-

: any of several ornamental tropical trees or shrubs (genera Caesalpinia and Delonix) of the legume family formerly placed in their own genus (Poinciana) compare royal poinciana

Examples of poinciana in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Similar value is derived from leaving esperanza, poinciana, firebush and other cold-sensitive plants after the tops freeze. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019 Also called poinciana, the pride of Barbados has airy foliage with small leaflets. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 7 June 2019 Deer are more likely to eat poinciana but may not do so except in deep drought. —

Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 18 May 2018 In some neighborhoods the deer will pass up poinciana and firebush. —

Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018 Thryallis freezes back to the ground most winters but is more cold hardy than esperanza and poinciana. —

Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 18 May 2018 Live oaks seemed unperturbed, gumbo limbos dropped limbs in Irma’s grasp as is their survival strategy, and poincianas seemed mostly to remain standing. —

Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 29 Sep. 2017 Truly one of the rewards for bearing a Florida summer is seeing the royal poinciana trees in full bloom. —

Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 20 July 2017 The wallpaper is blooming with the clients' favorite plants — royal poinciana, acacias, orchids, geraniums, kumquats — hand-painted on faint sky-blue tea paper. —

Kathleen Hackett, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2016

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