[mod.L., f. Gr. ἐρυθρός red.] The Coral-tree, a genus of tropical trees (N.O. Leguminosæ) bearing clusters of blood-red flowers.
1865. Parkman, Huguenots, iv. (1875), 58. The coral blossoms of the erythrina glow in the shade beneath.
1871. Mateer, Travancore, 100. The flaming Erythrina, or coral tree.
1875. Miss Bird, Sandwich Isl. (1880), 69. The surf-board … is usually made of the erythrina, or the breadfruit tree.
