Associations to the word «Caesalpinia»

Wiktionary

CAESALPINIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae   — the nickers, brazilwoods, holdbacks and similar trees and shrubs.
CAESALPINIA CORIARIA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae   — the divi-divi tree.
CAESALPINIA SAPPAN, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae   — the sappanwood tree.

Dictionary definition

CAESALPINIA, noun. Small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats