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
• Syn: ↑erythrina
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Hyponyms:
↑kaffir boom, ↑Cape kafferboom, ↑Erythrina caffra, ↑coral bean tree, ↑Erythrina corallodendrum, ↑ceibo, ↑crybaby tree, ↑cry-baby tree, ↑common coral tree, ↑Erythrina crista-galli, ↑Transvaal kafferboom, ↑Erythrina lysistemon, ↑Indian coral tree, ↑Erythrina variegata, ↑Erythrina Indica, ↑cork tree, ↑Erythrina vespertilio
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Erythrina
Useful english dictionary. 2012.