any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
Also called: Chilean firebush
Word origin
C19: from em- + Greek bothrion small pit (referring to its anthers)
Examples of 'embothrium' in a sentence
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Embothrium coccineum was found to be self-incompatible and highly dependent on the pollinating agent at both sites.
ADRIANA E ROVERE, CECILIA SMITH-RAMÍREZ, JUAN J ARMESTO, ANDREA C PREMOLI 2006, 'Breeding system of Embothrium coccineum (Proteaceae) in two populations on differentslopes of the Andes Sistema reproductivo de Embothrium coccineum (Proteaceae) en dospoblaciones ubicadas en diferentes laderas de los Andes', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)