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ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythrina crista-galli mean? 

ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI (noun)
  The noun ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI has 1 sense:

1. small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clusteredplay

  Familiarity information: ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ceibo; common coral tree; cry-baby tree; crybaby tree; Erythrina crista-galli

Hypernyms ("Erythrina crista-galli" is a kind of...):

coral tree; erythrina (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)


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