Defn: Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.
POIKILOTHERMOUS
Poi`ki*lo*ther"mous, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Poikilothermal.
POINCIANA Poin`ci*a"na, n. Etym: [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.)
Defn: A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern
Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India.
POIND
Poind, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to confine.]
1. To impound, as cattle. [Obs. or Scot.] Flavel.
2. To distrain. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
POINDER
Poind"er, n.