ROYAL POINCIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does royal poinciana mean? 

• ROYAL POINCIANA (noun)
  The noun ROYAL POINCIANA has 1 sense:

1. showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

  Familiarity information: ROYAL POINCIANA used as a noun is very rare.

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• ROYAL POINCIANA (noun)

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Meaning:

Showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Delonix regia; flamboyant; flame tree; peacock flower; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana

Hypernyms ("royal poinciana" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("royal poinciana" is a member of...):

Delonix; genus Delonix (evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India)