‖n. [ NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies. ] (Bot.) A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerlyPoinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. [ 1913 Webster ]