Meanings
nounpeacock flower (plural peacock flowers)
plural peacock flowers
- A tropical leguminous bush Caesalpinia pulcherrima (syn. Poinciana pulcherrimus) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounshowy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
Similar
Broader
angiospermous treeflowering tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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