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单词 coral-tree
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coral-treen.

1. A name formerly given to the red or other branched coral, when it was believed to be of vegetable nature. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > non-specific types > plant-like
coral-tree1638
coral-plant1774
tyle-berry1866
1638 W. Davenant Madagascar 18 They strive To root up Corall Trees.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. āiiij Indeed the coral-tree is neither hard, nor red, till taken out of the Sea.
2. The popular name of the trees of the genus Erythrina, which are distributed throughout the tropical regions of both hemispheres.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > coral-tree
coral-tree1756
coxcomb1784
kaffir tree1792
Erythrina1865
karat-tree1868
hielaman tree1884
wiliwili1888
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 288 The Coral or Red Bean Tree.
1775 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 296 We found here..the coral tree, Erethrina corallodendron.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. iii. 92 One of the most magnificent of the flowering trees, is the Coral tree... It derives its English name from the resemblance which its scarlet flowers present to red coral.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 323 The coral tree—the flower of which exactly resembles a spray of real coral.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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