'Erythrina' definitions:
Definition of 'erythrina'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Erythrina'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]