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Definition of Coloradillo
1. Noun. Handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.
Exact synonyms: Hamelia Erecta, Hamelia Patens, Scarlet Bush, Scarlet Hamelia
Generic synonyms: Hamelia
Generic synonyms: Hamelia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coloradillo
Literary usage of Coloradillo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spanish Tales for Beginners by Louise Ahlers Reinhardt (1919)
"... m., tusk. colocar, to place, put. color, m., color; rayos de colores, rays of
colored light. coloradillo -a (dim. of colorado), ruddy. rado de placer, ..."