Associations to the word «Poinciana»

Wiktionary

POINCIANA, noun. A tropical shrub with bright orange-red flowers

Dictionary definition

POINCIANA, noun. Small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications.
POINCIANA, noun. A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus 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