coral tree

noun

Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.

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erythrina
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Meanings

nouncoral tree (plural coral trees)

plural coral trees

  1. Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.

    Synonyms: erythrina

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.

Similar
erythrina

More synonyms by meaning

nounany 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

Similar
erythrina
Broader
tree
Also see
erythrina

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

The spiky red flowers resemble coral.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans koraalboom
  • koraalboomtree of the genus Erythrina
Arabic حَمْرِيَّة, إِرِيتْرِينَة
  • حَمْرِيَّة (ḥamriyya)tree of the genus Erythrina
  • إِرِيتْرِينَة (ʔirītrīna)tree of the genus Erythrina
  • أَرِيتْرِينَة (ʔarītrīna)tree of the genus Erythrina
Bulgarian еритри́на
  • еритри́на (eritrína)tree of the genus Erythrina
Catalan eritrina
  • eritrinatree of the genus Erythrina
Chinese Mandarin 刺桐
  • 刺桐 (cìtóng)tree of the genus Erythrina
Czech zarděnice, korálovec
  • zarděnicetree of the genus Erythrina
  • korálovectree of the genus Erythrina
Dutch koraalboom, koraalstruik
  • koraalboomtree of the genus Erythrina
  • koraalstruiktree of the genus Erythrina
Esperanto eritrino
  • eritrinotree of the genus Erythrina
Finnish korallipuu
  • korallipuutree of the genus Erythrina
French arbre de corail
  • arbre de corailtree of the genus Erythrina
German Korallenbaum
  • Korallenbaumtree of the genus Erythrina
Greek ερυθρίνα
  • ερυθρίνα (erythrína)tree of the genus Erythrina
Hindi पारिजात, मंदार
  • पारिजात (pārijāt)tree of the genus Erythrina
  • मंदार (mandār)tree of the genus Erythrina
  • पारिभद्र (pāribhadra)tree of the genus Erythrina
Hungarian korallfa
  • korallfatree of the genus Erythrina
Indonesian dedap
  • dedaptree of the genus Erythrina
Italian eritrina
  • eritrinatree of the genus Erythrina
Malay dedap
  • dedaptree of the genus Erythrina
Polish koralodrzew, erytryna
  • koralodrzewtree of the genus Erythrina
  • erytrynatree of the genus Erythrina
Portuguese eritrina
  • eritrinatree of the genus Erythrina
Russian эритри́на, кора́лловое де́рево
  • эритри́на (eritrína)tree of the genus Erythrina
  • кора́лловое де́рево (korállovoje dérevo)tree of the genus Erythrina
Spanish anaco, árbol del coral
  • anacotree of the genus Erythrina
  • árbol del coraltree of the genus Erythrina
Swedish korallbuske
  • korallbusketree of the genus Erythrina
Tagalog mana, dapdáp
  • manatree of the genus Erythrina
  • dapdáptree of the genus Erythrina
Turkish mercanağacı
  • mercanağacıtree of the genus Erythrina
Ukrainian еритрі́на
  • еритрі́на (erytrína)tree of the genus Erythrina
Vietnamese vông nem
  • vông nemtree of the genus Erythrina
Cite this entry
APA

coral tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coral%20tree

MLA

“coral tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coral%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coral tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coral%20tree.

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