poinciana

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
noun a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

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

I hate my modiste when she fails to fit me; I was jealous of that baroness at the Poinciana--the one with all those gorgeous gowns; I'm afraid of flying-machines; but that is as deep as such things go, nowadays--in our set." — The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure, Rex Beach

subgenus Poinciana

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