poinciana regia

Questions about poinciana regia

What does poinciana regia mean?

poinciana regia means "showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana".

What is another word for poinciana regia?

Close synonyms include royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia. 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 regia a common word?

poinciana regia 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.