kaffir boom

Noun
  1. Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds (synset 112549273)
    is a type of: 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; cultivated as an ornamental
    same as: erythrina lysistemon, transvaal kafferboom
  2. 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 (synset 112548614)
    is a type of: 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; cultivated as an ornamental
    same as: cape kafferboom, erythrina caffra

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