| NOUN | plant | kaffir boom, Transvaal kafferboom, Erythrina lysistemon | small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds |
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| plant | kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra | small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds |
| Meaning | small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds. | |
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| Synonyms | Transvaal kafferboom, Erythrina lysistemon | |
| 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 |
| Catalan | erythrina lysistemon | |
| 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 | Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra | |
| 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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