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Webster 1913 Edition
Erythrina
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Erˊy-thri′na
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἐρυθρόσ
red.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; – so called from its red flowers.
Definition 2024
Erythrina
Erythrina
See also: erythrina
Translingual
Erythrina corallodendrum
Proper noun
Erythrina f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the coral trees, flowering trees of the tropics and subtropics.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Phaseoleae - tribe; Erythrininae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Erythrina corallodendron - type species; for other species see
Erythrina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Erythrina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
erythrina
erythrina
See also: Erythrina
English
Noun
erythrina (plural erythrinas)
- (botany) Any of the genus Erythrina of leguminous flowering plants; a coral tree.