Erythrina

Definition: Erythrina

Erythrina

Noun

1. 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.

Date "erythrina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Erythrina \Er`y*thri"na\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'eryqro`s red.]. (Websters 1913)

"Erythrina" is a common misspelling or typo for: Arthurian, Eritrea.

Specialty Definitions: Erythrina

Domain	Definitions
Health	A genus of leguminous shrubs or trees, mainly tropical, yielding certain alkaloids, lectins, and other useful compounds. (references)
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Synonym: Erythrina

Synonym: coral tree (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Erythrina

English words defined with "erythrina": coral tree ♦ Dogwood tree ♦ Erythrina caffra, Erythrina corallodendrum, Erythrina crista-galli, Erythrina Indica, Erythrina lysistemon, Erythrina variegata, Erythrina vespertilio ♦ genus Erythrina ♦ Piscidia erythrina. (references)

Specialty definitions using "erythrina": Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine ♦ FENCE POSTS ♦ NECKLACE MATERIAL ♦ PISCICIDE. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Erythrina" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (Machete, Machete vaina, Seibo).

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Expressions: Erythrina

Expressions using "erythrina": Erythrina caffra ♦ Erythrina Corallodendron ♦ Erythrina corallodendrum ♦ Erythrina Indica ♦ Erythrina lysistemon ♦ Erythrina variegata ♦ Erythrina vespertilio ♦ genus Erythrina ♦ Piscidia erythrina. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Erythrina

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
erythrina	13
crista erythrina galli	12
erythrina indica	7
erythrina herbacea	4
bidwillii erythrina	3
erythrina misorensis	3
erythrina poeppigiana	2
erythrina fusca	2
edulis erythrina	2
bidwillii erythrina x	2
americana erythrina	2
arbol ceibo crista del erythrina galli	2
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Ancestral Language Translations: Erythrina

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Erythrina variegata. (various references)
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Rhyming with "Erythrina"

Words rhyming with "erythrina" (pronounced 'Er`y*thri"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Erythrina

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-r-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: hairnet, inearth, retiary, retrain, ternary, terrain, trainer, trinary.
	-3 letters: anther, artery, artier, earthy, errant, hearty, hernia, hinter, irater, nitery, ranter, rarity, rather, ratine, retain, retina, thenar, yarner.
	-4 letters: airer, airth, antre, earth, entia, entry, eyrir, hairy, harry, hater, hayer, heart, henry, herry, hirer, hyena, inert, inter, irate, ither, neath, niter, nitre, rainy, rater.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-n-r-r-t-y"
	+2 letters: platyrrhine, rehydrating, rehydration.
	+3 letters: platyrrhines, rehydrations.
	+4 letters: hyperrational, hyperromantic, nonhereditary.
	+5 letters: heartrendingly, turbomachinery.
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