erythrina

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erythrina - 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]

erythrina - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]