Meanings
plural Indian coral trees
- 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.
Synonyms: tiger's claw
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bengali মান্দার, পারিজাত
- মান্দার (mandar)Erythrina variegata
- পারিজাত (parijat)Erythrina variegata
Chinese Cantonese 刺桐
- 刺桐Erythrina variegata
Chinese Mandarin 刺桐
- 刺桐 (cìtóng)Erythrina variegata
Dutch Indische koraalboom
- Indische koraalboomErythrina variegata
German Indischer Korallenbaum
- Indischer KorallenbaumErythrina variegata
Hindi पारिभद्र, पांगारा
- पारिभद्र (pāribhadra)Erythrina variegata
- पांगारा (pāṅgārā)Erythrina variegata
- मंदार (mandār)Erythrina variegata
- फरहद (pharhad)Erythrina variegata
Indonesian dadap, dadap laut
- dadapErythrina variegata
- dadap lautErythrina variegata
- dadap ayamErythrina variegata
Japanese 梯梧
- 梯梧 (deigo)Erythrina variegata
Polish erytryna zmienna
- erytryna zmiennaErythrina variegata
Tagalog dapdap
- dapdapErythrina variegata
Cite this entry
Indian coral tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20coral%20tree
“Indian coral tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20coral%20tree. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indian coral tree,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20coral%20tree.
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