erythrina indica

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   small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds

   SynonymsIndian coral treeErythrina variegata

   Broadercoral tree

Questions about erythrina indica

What does erythrina indica mean?

erythrina indica means "small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds".

What is another word for erythrina indica?

Close synonyms include Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erythrina indica a common word?

erythrina indica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.