| 单词 | dwarf poinciana |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdwarf poinciana A plant of the former genus Poinciana (now divided between the genera Delonix and Caesalpinia, subfamily Caesalpinoideae), comprising small trees and shrubs with twice-pinnate leaves and racemes of red, orange, or yellow flowers; esp. (a) (more fully royal poinciana) the flamboyant or royal peacock flower, Delonix regia, a rare native of Madagascar, widely cultivated as an ornamental; (b) (more fully dwarf poinciana) Barbados pride or flower fence, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, widespread in the tropics but of uncertain ultimate provenance. Formerly also (in form Poinciana): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 380. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana poinciana1731 Barbados pride1756 flower-fence1786 gulmohar1839 flamboyant1879 peacock flower1884 thread-flower1884 flamboyant tree1903 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 384 This is call'd Poponax in Jamaica, where the root is us'd by Tanners to thicken their Leathr and to dye black. It is call'd in Lima Tara, or Flowerfence. Feuillee. Poinciana spinosa.] 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. (at cited word) Barbadoes Flower-Fence, or Spanish Carnations. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 35 A most beautiful flowering shrub. It is a native of the West-Indies, and called, from a French Governor, named Depoinci, Poinciana. 1824 H. E. Lloyd tr. J. B. von Spix & C. F. P. von Martius Trav. Brazil I. ii. i. 174 The beautiful bushes of the poinciana are planted. 1893 Blue & Gray 1 311/1 They were shaded by sheafs of snowy lilies..brilliant sprays of Poincianas [etc.]. 1908 Daily Chron. 11 Sept. 7/2 The Royal Poinciana crowns itself with cardinal magnificence. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 566/1 In fuchsia and Poinciana, it [sc. the filament] is red. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 425 P[oinciana] pulcherrima, L... Barbados Pride. Barbados Flower-Fence. Dwarf Poinciana. 1927 News Bull. (Inst. Pacific Relations) Dec. 5 The poincianna trees of Punahou college. 1983 C. King tr. W. Lötschert & G. Beese Trop. Plants 45 Barbados Pride or Dwarf Poinciana is related to the Flamboyant. 1992 Harper's Mag. Mar. 38/2 The park was full of almond trees and poincianas. < as lemmas |
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