noun
small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana
• Syn: ↑genus Caesalpinia
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑subfamily Caesalpinioideae
• Member Meronyms:
↑bonduc, ↑bonduc tree, ↑Caesalpinia bonduc, ↑Caesalpinia bonducella, ↑divi-divi, ↑Caesalpinia coriaria, ↑Mysore thorn, ↑Caesalpinia decapetala, ↑Caesalpinia sepiaria, ↑brazilwood, ↑peachwood, ↑peach-wood, ↑pernambuco wood, ↑Caesalpinia echinata, ↑brazilian ironwood, ↑Caesalpinia ferrea, ↑bird of paradise, ↑poinciana, ↑Caesalpinia gilliesii, ↑Poinciana gilliesii, ↑pride of barbados, ↑paradise flower, ↑flamboyant tree, ↑Caesalpinia pulcherrima, ↑Poinciana pulcherrima, ↑Poinciana, ↑subgenus Poinciana
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\\ˌseˌzalˈpinēə, ˌsē-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Andrea Cesalpino (Andreas Caesalpinus) died 1603 Italian botanist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of usually small spiny tropical trees (family Leguminosae) having evenly bipinnate leaves and small whitish-green, yellow, or reddish flowers in showy racemes — see brazilwood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.