| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FLOWER-FENCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOWER-FENCE
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] The name of certain plants. The flower-fence of Barbados is of the genus Poinciana. The bastard flower-fence is the Adenanthera. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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