coral tree
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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 (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | tree, |
definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cape kafferboom, erythrina caffra, kaffir boom, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | coral bean tree, erythrina corallodendrum, |
definition | : | deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ceibo, common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree, erythrina crista-galli, |
definition | : | small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | erythrina lysistemon, kaffir boom, transvaal kafferboom, |
definition | : | small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | erythrina indica, erythrina variegata, indian coral tree, |
definition | : | small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cork tree, erythrina vespertilio, |
definition | : | prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus erythrina, |
definition | : | genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers (noun.plant) |
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