genus caesalpinia
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1. small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | bonduc, bonduc tree, caesalpinia bonduc, caesalpinia bonducella, |
definition | : | tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | caesalpinia coriaria, divi-divi, |
definition | : | small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | caesalpinia decapetala, caesalpinia sepiaria, mysore thorn, |
definition | : | spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | brazilwood, caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood, |
definition | : | tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | brazilian ironwood, caesalpinia ferrea, |
definition | : | thornless tree yielding heavy wood (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | bird of paradise, caesalpinia gilliesii, poinciana, poinciana gilliesii, |
definition | : | a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | caesalpinia pulcherrima, flamboyant tree, paradise flower, poinciana pulcherrima, pride of barbados, |
definition | : | tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | poinciana, subgenus poinciana, |
definition | : | small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae, |
definition | : | alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae (noun.plant) |
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