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ERYTHRINE [5 records]

Record 1 2022-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any of numerous trees and shrubs constituting the genus Erythrina, having scarlet to coral red flowers and other bright red seeds, and being cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.

OBS

coral tree; coral-bean: common name also used to refer to the species Erythrina berteroana.

OBS

erythrina: common name also used to refer to the species Erythrina abyssinica and to the species Erythrina subumbrans.

Key term(s)
  • coraltree
  • coralbean

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Arbre ou arbuste de toutes les régions chaudes du globe, à grandes fleurs rouge corail réunies en grappes denses, apparaissant avant les feuilles [...]

OBS

Genre de plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Cape Kaffir boom
  • purple coral tree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Fabaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An ornamental legume shrub.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Érythrine : Arbre ou arbuste de toutes les régions chaudes du globe, à grandes fleurs rouge corail réunies en grappes denses, apparaissant avant les feuilles, souvent appelé de son nom anglais [coral-tree]. (Famille des papilionacées.)

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A spring Mexican tree (Erythrina americana) with showy red flowers and brilliant scarlet seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A pink to crimson monoclinic mineral which consists of a hydrous cobalt arsenate occurring in globular masses or earthy incrustations as an alteration product of cobalt ores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral du système monoclinique constitué d'arséniate hydraté de cobalt se présentant le plus souvent en enduits pulvérulents ou en masses lamellaires d'une belle couleur rose tirant sur le cyclamen.

OBS

Étymologie : du grec eruthros, «rouge», en raison de la couleur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Arseniato natural de cobalto, hidratado, de color carmesí, rojo, rosa o gris perla. Soluble en ácido clorhídrico. Muy tóxico por ingestión e inhalación.

OBS

Cristaliza en el sistema monoclínico; se encuentra en forma de agujas o de cristales fibrosos de color carmín.

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