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TRANSVAAL KAFFERBOOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Transvaal kafferboom mean?
• TRANSVAAL KAFFERBOOM (noun)
The noun TRANSVAAL KAFFERBOOM has 1 sense:
1. small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
Familiarity information: TRANSVAAL KAFFERBOOM 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 ("Transvaal kafferboom" 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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