Yellow-poinciana
see under poinciana (def 2).
royal poinciana.
any of several other tropical trees of the legume family, with showy flowers, as caesalpina pulcherrima (dwarf poinciana) or peltophorum pterocarpum (yellow poinciana)
noun
any tree of the tropical leguminous genera caesalpinia (formerly poinciana) having large orange or red flowers see royal poinciana
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