Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant..
[I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges.
Use poinciana when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poinciana means A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant..
Common synonyms include bird of paradise, poinciana gilliesii, subgenus poinciana, caesalpinia gilliesii.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.