Barbados pride

noun

East 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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noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

1. : pride of barbados

2. : red sandalwood 2

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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]

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Barbados pride noun

1. 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

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Main Entry: ↑Barbados