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• n  tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

• pride of barbados
• paradise flower
• Caesalpinia pulcherrima
• Poinciana pulcherrima

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• ‘Rise'
  Around my waist, the curved ribs [...] flaming through the tropical heat. the flamboyant tree spread its twigs below the iron man rocked himself to sleep. Sheila Black, the new director of Gemini Ink, is the author of two poetry collections, “House of Bone” and “Love/Iraq.” The guest poetry editor is Jim LaVilla-Havelin, whose latest collection of poetry is “Counting,” from San Antonio's Pecan ...
  Sept. 12, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News