poinciana
/ˌpɔɪnsɪˈɑːnə/noun
1- a tropical tree of the pea family, with showy red or red and yellow flowers金凤花乔木(或灌木)。
1.1
- Genera Caesalpinia and Delonix (formerly Poinciana), family Leguminosae: several species, including the flamboyant.云实属和凤凰木属(原金凤花属), 豆科:数种, 包括凤凰木。
词源
mid 18th cent.: modern Latin, named after M. de Poinci, a 17th-cent. governor of the Antilles.