poinciana

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
    — [I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges.
  2. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.

词形变化

poincianas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
royal poinciana

词源

Modern Latin: after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles + -ana.
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