coral plant

noun

1

obsolete : a coral like a plant

2

a

: a much-cultivated East Indian plant (Jatropha multifida) with showy scarlet flowers and deeply incised leaves

b

: any plant of the genus Erythrina (especially E. corallodendron)

c

: an essentially leafless Mexican shrub (Russelia equisetiformis) like a rush with bright-red flowers

called also coral blow

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