erythrina


Definition: Meaning of, erythrina in English to English dictionary.

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erythrina erythrinas
  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
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erythrina used in phrases

  • Erythrina Indica (noun)
    1. small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
  • Erythrina caffra (noun)
    1. 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
  • Erythrina corallodendrum (noun)
    1. deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
  • Erythrina crista-galli (noun)
    1. small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  • Erythrina lysistemon (noun)
    1. small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
  • Erythrina variegata (noun)
    1. small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
  • Erythrina vespertilio (noun)
    1. prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
  • Piscidia erythrina (noun)
    1. 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
  • genus Erythrina (noun)
    1. genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
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