erythrina lysistemon

1. 1.

   small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds

   Synonymskaffir boomTransvaal kafferboom

   Broadercoral tree

Questions about erythrina lysistemon

What does erythrina lysistemon mean?

erythrina lysistemon means "small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds".

What is another word for erythrina lysistemon?

Close synonyms include kaffir boom, Transvaal kafferboom. 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 lysistemon a common word?

erythrina lysistemon 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.