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kaffir boom

DEFINITIONS OF: kaffir boom

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

Synonyms:
Erythrina lysistemon, Transvaal kafferboom
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

n 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

Synonyms:
Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra
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
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