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coral tree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: erythrina

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: erythrina

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra, coral bean tree, Erythrina corallodendrum, ceibo, crybaby tree, cry-baby tree, common coral tree, Erythrina crista-galli, Transvaal kafferboom, Erythrina lysistemon, Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata, Erythrina Indica, cork tree, Erythrina vespertilio

History

Etymology

The spiky red flowers resemble coral.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: koraalboom — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: dapdáp — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Amharic: ቋራ (ḳwara) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Amharic: ኮርች (korč) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Amharic: ጎርጎ (gorgo) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Arabic: حَمْرِيَّة (ḥamriyya) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Arabic: أِرِيتْرِينَة (ʔirītrīna) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Azerbaijani: eritrina — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • West Coast Bajau: dadap — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Belarusian: еритри́на (jeritrína) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Bulgarian: еритри́на (eritrína) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Catalan: eritrina — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Cebuano: dapdap — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刺桐 (cìtóng) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Czech: zarděnice — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Czech: korálovec — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Dutch: koraalboom — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Dutch: koraalstruik — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Esperanto: eritrino — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Fijian: drala — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Finnish: korallipuu — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • French: arbre de corail — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • German: Korallenbaum — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Greek: ερυθρίνα (erythrína) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Hungarian: korallfa — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Indonesian: dedap — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Italian: eritrina — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Malay: dedap — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Palauan: róro — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Polish: koralodrzew — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Polish: erytryna — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Portuguese: eritrina — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Quechua: amasisa — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Rarotongan: ngatae — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Russian: эритри́на (eritrína) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Russian: кора́лловое де́рево (korállovoje dérevo) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Samoan: gatae — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Spanish: anaco — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Spanish: árbol del coral — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Sundanese: dadap — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Swedish: korallbuske — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Tagalog: mana — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Tagalog: dapdáp — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Tahitian: ‘atae — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Tok Pisin: palpal — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Tongan: ngatae — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Turkish: mercanağacı — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Ukrainian: еритрі́на (erytrína) — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Vietnamese: vông nem — tree of the genus Erythrina
  • Xhosa: umsintsi — tree of the genus Erythrina