| 单词 | kaffir boom |
| 释义 | kaffir boom (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY kaffir boom USAGE EXAMPLESDid the Kaffir boom shed its great red flowers for ever, like drops of blood upon the altar of the world's pain? Page, Gertrude, The Rhodesian(2010) 1n small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds Syn|Hyper Erythrina lysistemon, Transvaal kafferboom coral tree, erythrina any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental 2n 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 Syn|Hyper Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra coral tree, erythrina any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental |
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