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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poinciana /ˌpɔɪnsɪˈɑːnə/

▶noun a tropical tree with showy red or red and yellow flowers. [Genera Caesalpinia and Delonix (formerly Poinciana).]

– origin C18: mod. L., named after M. de Poinci, a 17th-cent. governor of the Antilles.

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