NOUN | plant | Erythrina caffra, kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom | small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds |
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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. | |
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Synonyms | kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom | |
Broader | 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 |
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