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Indian coral tree

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A tree of species Erythrina variegata, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Erythrina variegata, Erythrina Indica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coral tree, erythrina

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: মান্দার (mandar) — Erythrina variegata
  • Bengali: পারিজাত (parijat) — Erythrina variegata
  • Chinese Cantonese: 刺桐 — Erythrina variegata
  • Chinese: 莿桐 (chhì-tông) — Erythrina variegata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刺桐 (cìtóng) — Erythrina variegata
  • Dutch: Indische koraalboom — Erythrina variegata
  • German: Indischer Korallenbaum — Erythrina variegata
  • Indonesian: dadap — Erythrina variegata
  • Indonesian: dadap laut — Erythrina variegata
  • Indonesian: dadap ayam — Erythrina variegata
  • Japanese: 梯梧 (deigo) — Erythrina variegata
  • Khmer: រលួស (rɔɔrɔluəh) — Erythrina variegata
  • Marathi: पंगारा (paṅgārā) — Erythrina variegata
  • Polish: erytryna zmienna — Erythrina variegata
  • Tagalog: dapdap — Erythrina variegata
  • Tahitian: ’atae — Erythrina variegata
  • Telugu: బాడిస (bāḍisa) — Erythrina variegata
  • Telugu: వాజ్యపుచెట్టు (vājyapuceṭṭu) — Erythrina variegata
  • Tongan: ngatae — Erythrina variegata