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