Definition of Coral bean tree

1. Noun. Deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds.

Exact synonyms: Erythrina Corallodendrum
Generic synonyms: Coral Tree, Erythrina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Bean Tree

coracoclavicular ligament
coracohumeral
coracohumeral ligament
coracoid
coracoid process
coracoid processes
coracoid tuberosity
coracoidal
coracoids
coraggio
corakan
coral
coral-root bittercress
coral-wood
coral bean
coral bean tree (current term)
coral bleaching
coral bush
coral calculus
coral drops
coral fungus
coral gem
coral honeysuckle
coral necklace
coral pea
coral reef
coral reefs
coral root
coral snake
coral snakes

Literary usage of Coral bean tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official Records by Robert Montgomery Martin (1843)
"... and requiring shelter from strong sunshine or violent winds, for which purpose the plantain trees, Musa Paradisiaca, or coral bean tree, ..."

2. Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official by Robert Montgomery Martin (1839)
"... and requiring shelter from strong sunshine or violent winds, for which purpose the plantain trees, Muta Paradisiaca, or coral bean tree, Erythrina, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... out they still require protection from the wind and sun, which U provided by growing "provisions" (food-yielding plants), and the coral-bean tree, ..."

4. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1834)
"... therefore it is imperatively necessary to plant between every second row either the plantain tree or the coral bean tree, (erythrina). ..."

5. Beverages, Past and Present: An Historical Sketch of Their Production by Edward Randolph Emerson (1908)
"... this the coral-bean tree, plantains, and other high-growing plants are grown in the rows so as to keep the young cocoa trees from the sun and wind. ..."

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