transvaal kafferboom

1. 1.

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

   Synonymskaffir boomErythrina lysistemon

   Broadercoral tree

Questions about transvaal kafferboom

What does transvaal kafferboom mean?

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

What is another word for transvaal kafferboom?

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

transvaal kafferboom 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.