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单词 poinciana
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
poin•ci•an•a  (poin′sē an′ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant BiologySee royal poinciana. 
  2. Plant Biologyany of several other tropical trees of the legume family, with showy flowers, as Caesalpina pulcherrima (dwarf poinciana) or Peltophorum pterocarpum (yellow poinciana.)
  • Neo-Latin; named after M. de Poinci, 17th-century governor of the French Antilles; see -an, -a2
  • 1725–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
poinciana /ˌpɔɪnsɪˈɑːnə/ n
  1. any tree of the tropical leguminous genera Caesalpinia (formerly Poinciana) having large orange or red flowers
Etymology: 17th Century: New Latin, named after M. de Poinci, 17th-century governor of the French Antilles
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