erythrina : Idioms & Phrases
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erythrina caffra
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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
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noun deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
coral bean tree.
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erythrina crista-galli
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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
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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
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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
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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
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noun prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
cork tree.
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genus erythrina
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noun genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
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piscidia erythrina
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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.
