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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flow·er-fence n. Bot. A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana pulcherrima, or  Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Poinciana pulcherrima
      n : tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to
          orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
          [syn: pride of barbados, paradise flower, flamboyant
           tree, Caesalpinia pulcherrima]