erythrina

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

erythrina
    n 1: 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 [syn: {coral tree}, {erythrina}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Erythrina \Er`y*thri"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
   (Bot.)
   A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral
   tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
   [1913 Webster]

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