Poinciana

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: The genus {Poinciana} is kept up for three trees of
           Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Poinciana
       n 1: small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not
            recognized in some classifications [syn: {subgenus
            Poinciana}]
       2: a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red
          flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: {bird
          of paradise}, {Caesalpinia gilliesii}, {Poinciana
          gilliesii}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Poinciana, FL
    Zip code(s): 34759

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Poinciana, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
     Population (2000):    13647
     Housing Units (2000): 4590
     Land area (2000):     35.105724 sq. miles (90.923403 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.237734 sq. miles (0.615729 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    35.343458 sq. miles (91.539132 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            57900
     Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
     Location:             28.155768 N, 81.476502 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     34759
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Poinciana, FL
      Poinciana