GENUS ERYTHRINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erythrina mean? 

• GENUS ERYTHRINA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERYTHRINA has 1 sense:

1. genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERYTHRINA used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS ERYTHRINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Erythrina" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Erythrina"):

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)

Holonyms ("genus Erythrina" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)