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Definition of Coral bean tree
1. Noun. Deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Bean Tree
Literary usage of Coral bean tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official Records by Robert Montgomery Martin (1843)
"... and requiring shelter from strong sunshine or violent winds, for which purpose
the plantain trees, Musa Paradisiaca, or coral bean tree, ..."
2. Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official by Robert Montgomery Martin (1839)
"... and requiring shelter from strong sunshine or violent winds, for which purpose
the plantain trees, Muta Paradisiaca, or coral bean tree, Erythrina, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... out they still require protection from the wind and sun, which U provided by
growing "provisions" (food-yielding plants), and the coral-bean tree, ..."
4. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1834)
"... therefore it is imperatively necessary to plant between every second row either
the plantain tree or the coral bean tree, (erythrina). ..."
5. Beverages, Past and Present: An Historical Sketch of Their Production by Edward Randolph Emerson (1908)
"... this the coral-bean tree, plantains, and other high-growing plants are grown
in the rows so as to keep the young cocoa trees from the sun and wind. ..."