Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliantblossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana (genus).
Origin
Borrowed from French flamboyer ("to be bright").
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