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COLORADILLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coloradillo mean? 

COLORADILLO (noun)
  The noun COLORADILLO has 1 sense:

1. handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazilplay

  Familiarity information: COLORADILLO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLORADILLO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coloradillo; Hamelia erecta; Hamelia patens; scarlet bush; scarlet hamelia

Hypernyms ("coloradillo" is a kind of...):

hamelia (any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia)


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