English > Caesalpinia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana. |
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| Synonym | genus Caesalpinia |
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| Member of | Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae |
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| Members | Mysore thorn, Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria | Spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers |
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| Poinciana, subgenus Poinciana | small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees |
| bird of paradise, poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii | A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers |
| bonduc, bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella | Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries |
| brazilian ironwood, Caesalpinia ferrea | thornless tree yielding heavy wood |
| brazilwood, peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata | Tropical tree with prickly trunk |
| divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria | small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin |
| pride of barbados, paradise flower, flamboyant tree, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana pulcherrima | Tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia |
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| Catalan | caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia |
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