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ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythrina lysistemon mean?
• ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON (noun)
The noun ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON has 1 sense:
1. small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
Familiarity information: ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Erythrina lysistemon; kaffir boom; Transvaal kafferboom
Hypernyms ("Erythrina lysistemon" 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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