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Definition of Erythrina indica
1. Noun. Small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythrina Indica
Literary usage of Erythrina indica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"However, in various localities in Fiji, as on the shores of Natewa Bay in Vanua
Levu, erythrina indica thrives as a characteristic beach tree. ..."
2. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"... and armed with formidable stinging hairs of a golden brown colour. Erythrina
indica, Lam., Wight Ic., t. ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"The tree is the erythrina indica, of the family of the Leguminosas. ...
erythrina indica (Lam. diet. 2, p. 391, var. a). Stem, arboreal, prickly ..."
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