erythrina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
    coral tree.

WordNet

Er`y*thri"na noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. red.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

Webster 1913