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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]