Erythrina

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Erythrina \Er`y*thri"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral
     tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  erythrina
       n : 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 [syn: {coral tree}]