Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Erythrina"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
erythrina
n : 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}]
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