Poinciana \Poin`ci*a"na\, n. [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.]

(Bot.) A prickly tropical shrub (C[ae]salpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.

Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)