Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Erythrina \Er`y*thri"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
   (Bot.)
   A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral
   tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

Source : WordNet®

erythrina
     n : 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 [syn: {coral tree}]