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
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Similar value is derived from leaving esperanza, poinciana, firebush and other cold-sensitive plants after the tops freeze.
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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
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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“Poinciana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poinciana. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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