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