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    ERYTHRINA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 ornamentalplay

    Synonyms:

    coral tree; erythrina

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("erythrina" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "erythrina"):

    Cape kafferboom; Erythrina caffra; kaffir boom (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)

    coral bean tree; Erythrina corallodendrum (deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds)

    ceibo; common coral tree; cry-baby tree; crybaby tree; Erythrina crista-galli (small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered)

    Erythrina lysistemon; kaffir boom; Transvaal kafferboom (small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds)

    Erythrina Indica; Erythrina variegata; Indian coral tree (small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds)

    cork tree; Erythrina vespertilio (prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood)

    Holonyms ("erythrina" is a member of...):

    genus Erythrina (genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers)

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