coral bean

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Definition of coral bean

1 : mescal bean sense 2a

2 or coral bean tree : either of two tropical American coral trees:

a : a small chiefly West Indian tree (Erythrina corallodendron) with deep scarlet flowers and black-spotted red seeds

b : ceibo sense 1

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