noun
small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
• Syn: ↑ceibo, ↑cry-baby tree, ↑common coral tree, ↑Erythrina crista-galli
• Hypernyms: ↑coral tree, ↑erythrina
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noun : a Brazilian coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) with small red-orange flowers commonly cultivated especially under glass in the United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.