KAFFIR BOOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kaffir boom mean? 

• KAFFIR BOOM (noun)
  The noun KAFFIR BOOM has 2 senses:

1. small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds

2. 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

  Familiarity information: KAFFIR BOOM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAFFIR BOOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erythrina lysistemon; kaffir boom; Transvaal kafferboom

Hypernyms ("kaffir boom" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cape kafferboom; Erythrina caffra; kaffir boom

Hypernyms ("kaffir boom" 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)