DELONIX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India

Synonyms:

Delonix; genus Delonix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Delonix" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Delonix"):

Delonix regia; flamboyant; flame tree; peacock flower; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana (showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana)

Holonyms ("Delonix" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)