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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 clustered
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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