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erythrina
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Erythrina
(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.
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erythrina
(wn) | erythrina
n 1: 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, erythrina] |
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erythrina
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Erythrina Corallodendron
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,
and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed
by some Bryozoa.
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Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
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2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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Erythrina crista-galli
(gcide) | ceibo \ceibo\ n.
a small South American spiny tree (Erythrina crista-galli)
with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
Syn: crybaby tree, cry-baby tree, common coral tree,
Erythrina crista-galli.
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Piscidia erythrina
(gcide) | Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See Dag, and
Dagger.] (Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
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Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus
mascula}, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood,
a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
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Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood.
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erythrina
(wn) | erythrina
n 1: 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, erythrina] |
erythrina caffra
(wn) | Erythrina caffra
n 1: small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South
Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red
seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or
shingles [syn: kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom, {Erythrina
caffra}] |
erythrina corallodendrum
(wn) | Erythrina corallodendrum
n 1: deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and
black-spotted red seeds [syn: coral bean tree, {Erythrina
corallodendrum}] |
erythrina crista-galli
(wn) | Erythrina crista-galli
n 1: small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and
scarlet flowers solitary or clustered [syn: ceibo,
crybaby tree, cry-baby tree, common coral tree,
Erythrina crista-galli] |
erythrina indica
(wn) | Erythrina Indica
n 1: small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and
northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or
crimson flowers and black seeds [syn: Indian coral tree,
Erythrina variegata, Erythrina Indica] |
erythrina lysistemon
(wn) | Erythrina lysistemon
n 1: small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense
clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds [syn:
kaffir boom, Transvaal kafferboom, {Erythrina
lysistemon}] |
erythrina variegata
(wn) | Erythrina variegata
n 1: small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and
northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or
crimson flowers and black seeds [syn: Indian coral tree,
Erythrina variegata, Erythrina Indica] |
erythrina vespertilio
(wn) | Erythrina vespertilio
n 1: prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood [syn:
cork tree, Erythrina vespertilio] |
genus erythrina
(wn) | genus Erythrina
n 1: genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually
red flowers |
piscidia erythrina
(wn) | Piscidia erythrina
n 1: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-
pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white
flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods;
yields fish poisons [syn: Jamaica dogwood, fish fuddle,
Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrina] |
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