genus caesalpinia

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   small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana

   SynonymsCaesalpinia

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofCaesalpinioideae

Questions about genus caesalpinia

What does genus caesalpinia mean?

genus caesalpinia means "small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana".

What is another word for genus caesalpinia?

Close synonyms include Caesalpinia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus caesalpinia a common word?

genus caesalpinia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.