poinciana

/poin-see-an-uh/US // ˌpɔɪn siˈæn ə //UK // (ˌpɔɪnsɪˈɑːnə) //

海棠花,海棠树,海棠,尖头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several other tropical trees of the legume family, with showy flowers, as Caesalpina pulcherrima or Peltophorum pterocarpum.
- : royal poinciana.

By the day it'd be twelve dollars and up for two at the Breakers, and fourteen dollars and up at the Poinciana.
At nine o'clock next mornin' the good ship Constitution stopped at the Poinciana dock w'ile we piled aboard.
The pulp of the pods of the Carob tree is eatable; but that of Poinciana is said to be injurious.
In Nicaragua, malinche is also the name of a tree, a species of Poinciana, which bears a handsome red flower.
It isn't quite as large as the Royal Poinciana, but dad says it is just as good.