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ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
Synonyms:
Erythrina lysistemon; kaffir boom; Transvaal kafferboom
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Hypernyms ("Erythrina lysistemon" 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)