kaffir-boom
Nouns
- (n) small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds Erythrina lysistemon, Transvaal kafferboom,
- (n) 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 Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra,