- Barbados pride
- nounEast Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental• Syn: ↑coralwood, ↑coral-wood, ↑red sandalwood, ↑peacock flower fence, ↑Adenanthera pavonina• Hypernyms: ↑tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Adenanthera, ↑genus Adenanthera
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nounUsage: usually capitalized B1. : pride of barbados2. : red sandalwood 2* * *
1. Also called bead tree. a tropical African and Asian tree, Adenanthera pavonina, of the legume family, having feathery foliage and bearing red seeds that are used in beadwork.2. Also called Barbados flower fence, dwarf poinciana. a tropical, prickly shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, having orange-yellow flowers with bright red stamens and bearing pods.[1880-85]* * *
Barbados pride noun1. A West Indian shrub, peacock-flower (Caesalpinia or Poinciana pulcherrima)2. An Asiatic ornamental tree (Adenanthera pavonina) naturalized in the West Indies, also called red sandalwood• • •Main Entry: ↑Barbados
Useful english dictionary. 2012.