erythrina : Idioms & Phrases

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erythrina caffra

  • noun small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
    kaffir boom; Cape kafferboom.
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erythrina corallodendrum

  • noun deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
    coral bean tree.
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erythrina crista-galli

  • noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
    cry-baby tree; common coral tree; ceibo; crybaby tree.
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erythrina indica

  • noun small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
    Erythrina Indica; Indian coral tree.
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erythrina lysistemon

  • noun small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
    Transvaal kafferboom; kaffir boom.
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erythrina variegata

  • noun small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
    Erythrina Indica; Indian coral tree.
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erythrina vespertilio

  • noun prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
    cork tree.
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genus erythrina

  • noun genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
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piscidia erythrina

  • noun small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
    Piscidia piscipula; fish fuddle; Jamaica dogwood.
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