| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| poinciana |
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| SYLLABICATION: | poin·ci·an·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | poin s - n , -ä n |
| NOUN: | See royal poinciana. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Poinci na, genus name, after M. De Poinci, 17th-century governor of French West Indies.
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