poinciana pulcherrima

What does poinciana pulcherrima mean?

poinciana pulcherrima means "tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana".

What is another word for poinciana pulcherrima?

Close synonyms include pride of barbados, paradise flower, flamboyant tree, Caesalpinia pulcherrima. 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 pulcherrima a common word?

poinciana pulcherrima 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poinciana pulcherrima come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.