1. Small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
   - kaffir boom, Erythrina caffra

Type of: coral tree, erythrina

• Perilla frutescens crispa
• perilous
• perilously
• perilousness
• perilune
• perilymph
• perimeter
• perimetry
• perimysium
• perinasal
• perinatal
• perinatologist
• perinatology
• perineal
• perineal artery
• perineotomy
• perineum
• perineurium
• period
• period of play
• period of time
• period piece
• periodic
• periodic acid
• periodic apnea of the newborn