coral tree

English

A coral tree (Erythrina abyssinica). Arumeru, Tanzania.

Etymology

The spiky red flowers resemble coral.

Noun

coral tree (plural coral trees)

1. Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.

Hypernyms

• tree

Hyponyms

• Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata)

Translations

tree of the genus Erythrina

• Indonesian: dedap (id)
• Malay: dedap
• Tagalog: mana
• Tok Pisin: palpal
• West Coast Bajau: dadap
• Xhosa: umsintsi

References

• coral tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• correlate