poinciana

English Thesaurus

1. a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	flowering shrub,
definition	:	shrub noted primarily for its flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia,
definition	:	small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana (noun.plant)

2. small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia,
definition	:	small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana (noun.plant)