poinciana

Other forms of poinciana

plural

poincianas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about poinciana

What does poinciana mean?

poinciana means "small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in poinciana?

poinciana has 4 syllables: po-in-cia-na. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for poinciana?

Close synonyms include subgenus Poinciana, bird of paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii. 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 poinciana a common word?

poinciana 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.