erythrina

[Modeled on Gr. erythrinos, which, however, is a red kind of mullet, and not a plant.] Bot.: Coral Tree. A genus of papilionaceous plants, the typical one of the sub-tribe Erythrine (q. v.). The species consist of shrubs or trees with trifoliate leaves or long stalks and blood-red flowers. Found in the tropics. Erythrina mono sperm a furnishes gum lac (q. v.). ě-ryth-rine, s. [ERYTHRIN.] er-y-thri-ně-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. erythrin (a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eæ.] Bot.: A sub-tribe of Phaseolee (q. v.).