Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small South American spiny tree (
Erythrina crista-galli ) with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
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Examples
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The forests consist primarily of Salíx humboldtiana (sauce criollo or sauce colorado), Tessaria intergrifolia (aliso), Erythrina crista-galli (ceibo), etc.
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"I can find them, but I can't catch them," the woman retorted, en route to a giant ceibo where an anteater recently had been detected.
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A giant anteater was lumbering up the trunk of a ceibo tree, playing hide to a scientist's seek.
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