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ERYTHRINA INDICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythrina Indica mean? 

ERYTHRINA INDICA (noun)
  The noun ERYTHRINA INDICA has 1 sense:

1. small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seedsplay

  Familiarity information: ERYTHRINA INDICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYTHRINA INDICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erythrina Indica; Erythrina variegata; Indian coral tree

Hypernyms ("Erythrina Indica" 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)


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