Poinciana
Pronunciation : Poin`ci*a"na
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A prickly tropical shrub (C?salpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913